Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Boston Fed investigates effects of credit scores on payment choice
Discussion paper finds evidence to back anecdotes that debit card use is negatively impacted by poor credit scores
Boston Fed analyses US developments in mobile payments
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston paper charts rise of use of electronic banking for individuals in the US
Fed promotes directors on district boards
Federal Reserve announces string of changes to chair and deputy chair of regional Fed board of directors for 2012
High unemployment not structural: Boston Fed’s Rosengren
Boston Federal Reserve president Eric Rosengren says high levels of unemployment in US unlikely to be structural
Boston Fed paper reviews Argentina's economic collapse
Boston Federal Reserve study shows higher input costs exacerbated macroeconomic downturn in Argentina during the early 2000s
College drop-out rate is strongly correlated to income: Boston Fed
Boston Federal Reserve study shows poor students are 27% more likely to drop out of college than wealthier students
Boston Fed’s Rosengren clarifies state of US recovery
Boston Federal Reserve president Eric Rosengren says US recovery is not in a soft patch, but in a consistently weak state
Boston Fed's Rosengren: clarity on Basel III capital buffers paramount
Boston Federal Reserve president Eric Rosengren says definition of capital in Basel III rules will be crucial in ensuring banks are well-capitalised in the event of future crises
Consumers move back to cash payments: Boston Fed paper
Boston Federal Reserve study finds evidence of decline in credit and debit card usage and increase in cash payments during financial crisis
Boston Fed paper on measures of bank output
Boston Federal Reserve study finds bias in methodology statistical agencies’ measurement of bank output
Boston Fed’s Rosengren parries inflationary fears
Boston Federal Reserve president Eric Rosengren says latest quantitative easing programme is not inflationary
Federal Reserve – Beige Book (January 2011)
Reports from twelve districts identify slight improvement in labour markets
Boston Fed surveys evidence of a credit crunch
Boston Federal Reserve policy brief attempts to understand how supply and demand of bank business loans changed in period following Lehman Brothers’ collapse
Boston Fed finds evidence of sticky wages
Boston Federal Reserve paper shows that wage adjustments in the United States are very infrequent
Boston Fed names new first vice president
Boston Federal Reserve appoints Federal Reserve Information Technology vice president Kenneth Montgomery as first vice president
Beige Book points to gloomy outlook for US economy
Reports from twelve regional Federal Reserve districts add further weight to fears of double dip; say weakness in housing market tempering recovery
Boston Fed: Massachusetts suburb receives housing boost from Boston
A Boston Federal Reserve study shows inner city growth impacts positively on housing recovery in suburban areas
Boston Fed: Real rigidities dampen exchange rate shocks
Boston Federal Reserve study on price rigidities shows intense price competition leads to weak pass-through effects when there is an exchange rate shock
Boston Fed: poor subsidise card payment transfers of rich
Boston Federal Reserve paper shows low income households subsidise the cost of card payment transfers for high income households through higher relative prices
Boston Fed on expectations, output and inflation
Research from Boston Federal Reserve shows low marginal cost presses down on inflation even when central bank’s explicit inflation target is clearly communicated and understood
Boston Fed - Annual Report (2009)
Boston Federal Reserve's Annual Report shows economic difficulties persisted through last year
Philly, Cleveland Fed presidents net inflation-busting pay rises
Federal Reserve's Annual Report shows ten out of 12 regional Fed presidents earned above-inflation salary increases
Fed’s Rosengren: full US recovery years away
Boston Federal Reserve president Eric Rosengren identifies several challenges towards economic recovery in the United States
Boston Fed measures effect of equity extraction on consumption
Boston Fed research shows equity extraction as significant driving force for consumption during US housing boom