Economic Brief

FTX and its affiliated arms seemed to create a risky situation that ultimately fell apart.

Moves toward stable inflation and maximum employment can be in conflict in the short term.

Just by allowing the securities in its portfolio to mature, the Fed could reach a normalized size of its balance sheet in two to three years.

The startup rate has been declining for decades, but another measure of business growth has spiked since the pandemic started.

Some believe declines in physical-asset prices prior to recessions make the recessions worse, but recent literature challenges the strength of that connection.

Improving such restructurings have garnered additional attention as sovereign debt has increased significantly in the past couple of years.

These surveys may not be highly accurate, but they shed light on what consumers are thinking about inflation.

Among the topics discussed were income growth volatility, AI's impact on productivity and how housing price changes affect young businesses.

Seemingly small international trade linkages can lead to substantial spillovers across countries, helping explain global comovement in GDP growth and inflation across countries.