Banking and finance

 

• Corporate indebtedness: Improving financial stability monitoring

  U.S. nonfinancial corporate credit has been identified as an area where growth in the quantity of debt and deterioration in the quality of underwriting could be a source of concern.

  May 23, 2019

• Three macroeconomic factors to watch in equity markets

  Machine learning has helped make music playlist recommendations, facilitated self-driving cars and even interpreted patients’ medical test results.

  May 14, 2019

• Corporate debt as a potential amplifier in a slowdown

  In his latest essay, posted on Dallas Fed Economics, President Rob Kaplan focuses on trends in corporate debt growth and credit quality in the U.S. and discusses potential implications for economic conditions and financial stability.

  March 05, 2019

• Inverted yield curve (nearly always) signals tight monetary policy, rising unemployment

  With long-term interest rates falling and short-term rates rising, there has been increasing talk of a possible yield-curve inversion and speculation about what an inversion might mean for the U.S. economy.

  February 12, 2019