Economic Research
Economic ResearchTopic - Banking
Fed Community Development offices launch community survey initiatives
A new Reserve Bank-led initiative is designed to gather front-line information on economic conditions in low- to moderate-income communities.
Ela Rausch
January 2012 - Community Dividend
Minneapolis Fed launches Ninth District Community Insight report series
January 2012 - Community Dividend
Bank On gets its game on
Bank On, a customizable program for helping unbanked individuals join the financial mainstream, is catching on in communities across the country.
May Xiong
October 2011 - Community Dividend
Recent rule changes expand definition of community development under the CRA
New modifications to the CRA rules are designed to encourage financial institutions to help stabilize foreclosure-ravaged communities.
Paula Woessner
July 2011 - Community Dividend
Agriculture strong in fourth quarter 2010; land values and farm incomes grew
Fourth Quarter 2010 Agricultural Credit Conditions Survey
Joe Mahon
January 2011 - Agricultural Credit Conditions Survey
Interview with Gary Gorton
Yale University finance economist on the growth and collapse of shadow banking.
Douglas Clement
December 2010 - The Region
Damage Control? Analyzing Policies to Repair Credit Markets
V. V. Chari, Ali Shourideh, Ariel Zetlin-Jones
October 2010 - Economic Policy Papers
Beware of some payday loan alternatives, report says
October 2010 - Community Dividend
De novo banks: A failure of youth?
Daniel Rozycki
October 2010 - fedgazette
Farm income holds steady in third quarter 2010; outlook is positive
Third Quarter 2010 Agricultural Credit Conditions Survey
Alison Sexton
October 2010 - Agricultural Credit Conditions Survey
Fed creates online database of credit card agreements
October 2010 - Community Dividend
Interview with Eric Hardmeyer
David Fettig
September 2010 - fedgazette
This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly
Book Review
Kevin L. Kliesen
September 2010 - The Region
An Antebellum Lesson
Bank insurance systems before the Civil War provide a clear message for policy today about the importance of incentives, authority and exposure to loss
Douglas Clement
September 2010 - The Region
Scale Economies Are a Distraction
The real issue for policy is credible resolution of failing financial firms, not bank size
Robert DeYoung
September 2010 - The Region
