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RSS interest"Interest Rates as Options:" Assessing the Markets' View of the Liquidity Trap
White Paper Nominal short term interest rates have been low in the United States, so low that some have wondered whether the federal funds rate is likely to hit its lower bound at 0 percent. Such a scenario, which some economists... [22 Jun 2005]
Money, Interest Rates, and Exchange Rates with Endogenously Segmented Asset Markets
White Paper We analyze the effects of money injections on interest rates and exchange rates when agents must pay a Baumol-Tobin style fixed cost to exchange bonds and money. Through their impact on these agents’ consumption, these... [25 Feb 2004]
Interest-Rate Smoothing and Optimal Monetary Policy: A Review of Recent Empirical Evidence
White Paper The conduct of monetary policy by central banks is of considerable interest to both academic researchers and to financial market participants. This interest has generated a large literature that attempts... [25 Feb 2004]
Interest Rate Differentials Between Jumbo and Conforming Mortgages, 1995-2000
White Paper This Congressional Budget Office (CBO) paper estimates the difference between interest rates on two types of mortgage loans: conforming loans, which are for amounts of $275,000 or less, most of which are ultimately... [07 Jul 2005]
Counterparty Credit Risk in Interest Rate Swaps During Times of Market Stress
White Paper This paper examines whether empirical and theoretical results suggesting a relatively small role for counterparty credit risk in the determination of interest rate swap rates hold during periods of stress in the... [28 Jun 2005]
Telenor IPO fails to generate interest or revenue
News Sluggish investor interest affected other telecommunications shares in the Nordic region today. The state-owned telco went ahead with plans to privatise 21 per cent of its business despite current sector uncertainty. [04 Dec 2000]
Hats off to Linux as Intel confirms interest
News Interest in the operating system - developed over the Internet by thousands of different programmers - has increased rapidly in recent months. According to Intel's spokeswoman, the move was also provoked by a growing... [30 Sep 1998]
A Service-Oriented Architecture-Driven Community of Interest Model
White Paper This paper proposes a dynamically extensible Community of Interest model running on Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA). A layered architecture has been used for the COI model. Each COI focuses on a specific area of... [29 Mar 2007]
Financial sector loses interest in internet banks
News He added that the Nasdaq stock market correction in April was partly to blame for the diminishing interest. Financial services in the UK have lost their illusions about the ongoing proliferation of internet banks. [11 Jul 2000]
Interpreting the Significance of the Lagged Interest Rate in Estimated Monetary Policy Rules
White Paper The results indicate that the partial adjustment of the short-term interest rate to economic conditions is an important feature of Federal Reserve behavior. The analysis presented in this paper highlights an important... [28 Jun 2005]
Testing Conflicts of Interest at Bond Rating Agencies With Market Anticipation: Evidence That Reputation Incentives Dominate
White Paper This paper presents the first comprehensive test of whether well-known conflicts of interest at bond rating agencies importantly influence their actions. This hypothesis is tested against the alternative that rating... [22 Jun 2005]
Across the Digital Nation: Interest Grows in Use of RFID, Linux and Voice Over IP
White Paper Interest in using RFID to support homeland security objectives, specifically, applying RFID at port authorities, also is high. State and local government organizations have used RFID solutions as part of intelligent... [01 Sep 2005]
Macworld Expo cancelled due to lack of interest
News IDG has decided to cancel next year's Macworld Expo/Tokyo show, blaming a lack of interest and cancellations from exhibitors. Following hot on the heels of an undersubscribed Comdex show in Las Vegas, the news confirms... [06 Dec 2002]
The Long-Run Relationship Between Real Exchange Rates and Real Interest Rate Differentials: A Panel Study
White Paper This paper empirically examines the long-run relationship between real exchange rates and real interest rate differentials over the recent floating exchange rate period, using a panel cointegration method, with data for... [25 Feb 2004]
Using the Natural Rate Concept to Assess the Consistency of Projections Ten Years Ahead for Real Interest Rates and Inflation
White Paper The concept of the "natural" long-term interest rate, a rate that is determined by the underlying production capability of the economy, provides a way to check the internal consistency of medium-term economic projections. [29 Jun 2005]
