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Serving the Federal Reserve's Second District (NY, northern NJ, Fairfield County in CT, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands) and the Nation

In a recent article, we shared highlights from a Reuters interview with President John Williams, who discussed his outlook for inflation, monetary policy, and the FOMC’s commitment to achieving price stability. nyfed.org/4fUoBT3

Key Takeaways from President Williams’s Interview with Reuters

New York Fed President John Williams discusses his outlook for inflation, monetary policy, and the FOMC's commitment to achieving price stability in a Reuters interview.

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In today's post, the authors document the growth of stablecoins since April 2025, examining how shocks outside the crypto industry impact the composition of stablecoins' reserve assets, using the 2023 failure of Silicon Valley Bank & its impact on USD Coin as a case study. nyfed.org/4xgIivl

Stablecoins and (Non)Crypto Shocks: A 2026 Update - Liberty Street Economics

A look at the continued growth of stablecoins since April 2025 and how shocks from outside the crypto industry can impact stablecoins’ reserve assets.

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A majority of small businesses in the goods and retail sectors nationally reported experiencing financial challenges due to tariffs in 2025, with even larger shares of small firms in the NY-NJ-CT region doing so. bit.ly/4wM6jKn

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In this post, the 3rd in a 3-part series, the authors’ evidence finds that the same internal capital markets that helped banks meet tighter Basel III requirements left nonbank affiliates with thinner buffers and riskier business models. nyfed.org/4x8Iixt

Nonbank Subsidiaries and the Hidden Fragility of Internal Capital Markets Reallocation - Liberty Street Economics

A look at the internal capital markets reallocation that occurred after Basel III and whether it reduced the risk for nonbank subsidiaries as a whole.

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Basel III's binding capital minimums took effect in January 2015. In this post, the 2nd in a 3-part series, the authors show what organizationally complex U.S. bank holding companies did in response to higher capital requirements. nyfed.org/3TjrBAv

How Basel III Changes Where Capital Sits: Nonbank Subsidiaries as Equity Reservoirs - Liberty Street Economics

A look at how bank holding companies responded if their depository subsidiaries fell short of Basel III’s binding capital minimums, effective January 2015.

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Business activity picked up in the New York-Northern New Jersey region’s service sector in July for the first time in nearly two years. Employment increased modestly, and firms grew more optimistic about the outlook for the months ahead. Learn more: nyfed.org/4ypWF1I

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In today's post, the 1st in a 3-part series, the authors document the scale of nonbank activity within bank holding companies and describe balance-sheet features that make these subsidiaries a vehicle for regulatory arbitrage. nyfed.org/4fm7dGs

Capitalizing on Nonbanks: Regulatory Arbitrage Within Bank Holding Companies - Liberty Street Economics

A look at nonbank activity within bank holding companies and the balance-sheet features that make these subsidiaries a vehicle for regulatory arbitrage.

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New York State manufacturing activity increased substantially in July, with new orders and shipments picking up sharply. Employment grew for a sixth consecutive month. Price increases remained elevated and supply availability continued to worsen. Learn more: nyfed.org/4pkH2nY

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Have firms finished adjusting prices, or do further tariff-induced price increases lie ahead? In today's post, the authors share their latest regional business surveys reveal nearly half of firms that paid tariffs still plan additional price increases to offset these costs. nyfed.org/4gsupF4

More Tariff Pass-Through Is in the Pipeline - Liberty Street Economics

A look at whether businesses have finished adjusting prices due to changes in U.S. trade policy or if further tariff-induced price increases lie ahead.

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In this post, the 1st in a 2-part series, the authors discuss large language models used to extract information on bank runs from millions of digitized historical newspaper pages, creating the most comprehensive database of bank runs in U.S. history. nyfed.org/4aAofPC

Using AI to Let History Speak About Bank Runs - Liberty Street Economics

The authors create a comprehensive database of U.S. bank runs using large language models to extract information from millions of digitized newspapers.

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In 2021, the authors documented the "overnight drift"—a large, persistent return to holding U.S. equity futures between 2 & 3am ET, when European equity markets open. 5 years of data later they revisit to ask which of three observable channels accounts for the change. nyfed.org/4ghMl5d

The Disappearing Overnight Drift - Liberty Street Economics

A look at how and why the “overnight drift" - the large, persistent return to holding U.S. equity futures between 2:00 and 3:00 a.m. - has faded since 2021.

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Less than 4% of the $30T-plus outstanding U.S. Treasury debt, associated with on-the-run securities, accounts for 65% of avg daily trading volume. In today's post, the authors study how trading activity & liquidity evolve as securities move from on-the-run to off-the-run. nyfed.org/4geXDY0

Liquidity Fades as Treasuries Age - Liberty Street Economics

A look at how trading activity and liquidity evolve as securities age, using key results in the authors’ paper with transaction-level Treasury TRACE data.

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In today's post, the authors analyze how emerging market economies fared through the U.S. monetary policy tightening cycle of 2022-23 relative to predictions of a model calibrated to capture empirically relevant features of these economies based on historical data. nyfed.org/4oZwSZR

How Resilient Were Emerging Market Economies Through the 2022-23 U.S. Monetary Tightening Cycle? - Liberty Street Economics

A look at how emerging market economies fared through the U.S. monetary policy tightening cycle of 2022-23 relative to predictions of a model.

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In today's post, the authors show how an October 2025 price shock in digital assets was transmitted and amplified through synthetic stablecoins—crypto assets that turned an external shock into a self-reinforcing deleveraging spiral within the crypto ecosystem. nyfed.org/4oPgafS

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Our May 2026 Survey of Consumer Expectations shows that households’ inflation expectations decreased at the short-term horizon and remained unchanged at the medium- and longer-term horizons, while home price growth expectations increased. nyfed.org/4fDfHuF

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