America’s Enterprising Spirit Is Booming After Decades-Long Slump
Hundreds of thousands of people are creating companies each year, ending a decades-long drought.
Worried about booking a holiday abroad? Here’s how travel operators can provide reassurance
Pawel Uchorczak/ShutterstockFlying abroad for a summer holiday is not as simple as it used to be. Geopolitical uncertainty has already disrupted flight schedules and fuel prices this year.
IFDP Paper: Transmission Growth-at-Risk: How Foreign Financial Vulnerabilities Shape U.S. Growth Prospects
Sai Ma, Viktors Stebunovs, Judit TemesvaryWe develop a Transmission Growth-at-Risk (TGaR) framework that incorporates foreign financial vulnerabilities as predictors of U.S. downside growth risk. We distinguish financial conditions, which measure current tightness in credit markets, from financial vulnerabilities, which measure structural fragilities that can amplify shocks.
FEDS Paper: The Last Taxi: LCR Buffers and Bank Liquidity Provision
R. Matthew Darst, Lucia Gurrieri, Arazi Lubis, and Alexandros P. VardoulakisThis paper examines whether regulatory liquidity buffers enable banks to support corporate borrowers during financial stress.
FEDS Paper: Demand Shocks and Endogenous Uncertainty
Diego VilánThis study examines how fluctuations in firm-level uncertainty arise over the business cycle and how they influence aggregate economic activity. To do so, it develops a general equilibrium incomplete-markets model in which heterogeneous, risk-averse firms face idiosyncratic demand uncertainty and aggregate shocks to consumer credit conditions.
Why you let down your guard on ads when scrolling on social media
Even a few seconds of scrolling will tire your brain and make you more open to bold advertising claims. Money Knack on Unsplash, CC BYMy wife stared at me in shock as I ripped opened the package. The FedEx driver hadn’t even made it back to his truck as I held the item up overhead like a trophy.
Autocracies get more repressive when opening up their economies – a political scientists explores why
Democracy doesn't always follow economic liberalization. Owen Franken/Corbis via Getty ImagesThe current state of democracy in the world is fragile.
What are Trump Accounts for? They are more likely to help newborns start building nest eggs than help pay for their college education
Socking some money away early on can make your savings balloon much later. Jacob Wackerhausen/iStock via Getty Images PlusIf you or someone you know has a baby or a child under 18, you’re likely wondering if they should get a “Trump Account.”
What happens after the Bank of England has declared balance-sheet victory?
It’s been a long road
EQT boosted by strong fundraising momentum and earnings growth
Shares rally 13% as private equity group’s fee-generating assets under management beat expectations
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