Showing posts with label economic crisis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label economic crisis. Show all posts
Monday, June 12, 2017

Less than a third of the 65 Chinese highway & rail projects examined were “genuinely economically productive.”

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China’s New Bridges: Rising High, but Buried in Debt. By Chris Buckley TNYT, Jun 10 2017 China has built hundreds of dazzling new bridges,...
Sunday, April 17, 2016

The Great Recession Blame Game - Banks took the heat, but it was Washington that propped up subprime debt and then stymied recovery

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The Great Recession Blame Game Banks took the heat, but it was Washington that propped up subprime debt and then stymied recovery. By Ph...
Saturday, March 12, 2016

A New Tool for Avoiding Big-Bank Failures: ‘Chapter 14.’ By Emily C. Kapur and John B. Taylor

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A New Tool for Avoiding Big-Bank Failures: ‘Chapter 14.’ By Emily C. Kapur and John B. Taylor Bernie Sanders is right, Dodd-...
Thursday, January 29, 2015

In the name of ‘affordable’ loans, we are creating the conditions for a replay of the housing disaster

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Building Toward Another Mortgage Meltdown. By Edward Pinto WSJ, Jan. 28, 2015 7:00 p.m. ET In the name of ‘aff...
Thursday, July 10, 2014

Our Financial Crisis Amnesia - Remember the S&L crisis? Nobody else does either. And we'll soon forget about 2008 too

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Our Financial Crisis Amnesia. By Alex J. Pollock Remember the S&L crisis? Nobody else does either. And we'll soon forget about 2008...
Thursday, February 13, 2014

How Dodd-Frank Doubles Down on 'Too Big to Fail'

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How Dodd-Frank Doubles Down on 'Too Big to Fail' Two major flaws mean that the act doesn't address problems that led to the fi...
Wednesday, December 18, 2013

The Volcker Ambiguity - The triumph of political discretion over financial clarity

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The Volcker Ambiguity. WSJ Editorial   The triumph of political discretion over financial clarity. Wall Street Journal, Updated Dec. 11, 2...
Monday, November 11, 2013

Rules of Thumb for Bank Solvency Stress Testing. By Daniel C. Hardy and Christian Schmieder

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Rules of Thumb for Bank Solvency Stress Testing. By Daniel C. Hardy and Christian Schmieder IMF Working Paper No. 13/232 November 11, 2013...
Friday, September 13, 2013

Financial Inclusion for Financial Stability: Improving Access to Deposits and Bank Resilience in Sync

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Financial Inclusion for Financial Stability: Improving Access to Deposits and Bank Resilience in Sync. By Martin Melecky World Bank Blogs Tu...
Thursday, August 15, 2013

Evaluating early warning indicators of banking crises: Satisfying policy requirements

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Evaluating early warning indicators of banking crises: Satisfying policy requirements By Mathias Drehmann and Mikae...
Friday, July 5, 2013

Credit and growth after financial crises, by Elod Takats and Christian Upper

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Credit and growth after financial crises, by Előd Takáts and Christian Upper BIS Working Papers No 416 July 2013 http://www.bis.org/publ/...
Monday, June 24, 2013

Cochrane: Regulating the riskiness of bank assets is a dead end. Instead, fix the run-prone nature of bank liabilities

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Stopping Bank Crises Before They Start. By John Cochrane Regulating the riskiness of bank assets is a dead end. Instead, fix the run-prone ...