Cooling Labor Market and Elevated Inflation Stoke Fed Divisions on Rate Cuts
Fed officials explained their opposition to the central bank’s decision this week to cut interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point.
Fed officials explained their opposition to the central bank’s decision this week to cut interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point.
François de Soyres, Simon Fuchs, Illenin O. Kondo, and Helene MaghinWe develop a framework to assess how economic shocks affect local labor markets and worker welfare, with a focus on city-level economic diversity. Using detailed worker flow data across cities, sectors, and occupations, we construct theory-consistent welfare measures. Our approach combines a dynamic discrete choice model with a dual representation that captures both direct effects and the insurance value of local economic diversity.
US bank stepped into messy confrontation between billionaire Patrick Drahi and aggrieved Wall Street funds
Jean Xiao TimmermanThis paper examines the evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) patent rates (i.e., the number of AI patents/number of firms of the same type) and concentration metrics (i.e., the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) and Gini coefficient) among financial market participants from 2000 to 2020.
Using investment accounts for charitable gifts could be influencing giving in unexpected ways. sesame/DigitalVision Vectors via Getty ImagesCharitable giving in the United States has changed significantly in recent years.
The election of Finance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis as president of the Eurogroup has been welcomed by forces across the political spectrum in Greece as the final recognition of the country’s comeback from the financial crisis.
UK regulator says building society lacked effective systems in monitoring customers’ transactions
Northern Ireland’s gentrifying capital of swagger and soul is reeling as rents rise faster than anywhere in the UK
Statistical Notices update the definitions and guidance contained in the Banking Statistics Yellow Folder
Investor optimism has been fuelled by a compromise proposed by Swiss political parties