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Economic Research

Financial Crisis

Recent FRBSF research & analyses

Elements of the Crisis

Housing

Recent Developments in Mortgage Finance Krainer FRBSF Economic Letter 2009-33 October 26, 2009

Mortgage Loan Securitization and Relative Loan Performance Krainer Laderman FRBSF Working Paper 2009-22

Mortgage Default and Mortgage Valuation Krainer LeRoy O FRBSF Working Paper 2009-20

Falling House Prices and Rising Time on the Market Krainer FRBSF Economic Letter 2008-11 March 21, 2008

The Subprime Mortgage Market: National and Twelfth District Developments FRBSF 2007 Annual Report

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Subprime Mortgage Delinquency Rates Doms Furlong Krainer FRBSF Working Paper 2007-33

The Mortgage Meltdown, Financial Markets, and the Economy Yellen FRBSF Economic Letter 2008-35-36 November 7, 2008

House Prices and Bank Loan Performance Krainer FRBSF Economic Letter 2009-06 February 6, 2009

Behavior of Libor in the Current Financial Crisis Kwan FRBSF Economic Letter 2009-04 January 23, 2009

A Black Swan in the Money Market Taylor Williams FRBSF Working Paper 2008-04 April 2008

Credit Crunch

Gauging Aggregate Credit Market Conditions Lopez FRBSF Economic Letter 2009-32 October 19, 2009

Credit Market Conditions and the Use of Bank Lines of Credit James FRBSF Economic Letter 2009-27 August 31, 2009

Fighting Downturns with Fiscal Policy Leduc FRBSF Economic Letter 2009-20 June 19, 2009

Issues Raised by the Credit Crunch and Global Recession Yellen Speech delivered May 5, 2009, UC Berkeley, California

Financial Turmoil and the Economy Furlong Kwan Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Annual Report 2008

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Labor Supply Responses to Changes in Wealth and Credit Daly Hobijn Kwok FRBSF Economic Letter 2009-05 January 30, 2009

How Will a Credit Crunch Affect Small Business Finance? Udell FRBSF Economic Letter 2009-09 March 6, 2009

 

Fed Response

Monetary Policy

Talking about Tomorrow’s Monetary Policy Today Chehal Trehan FRBSF Economic Letter 2009-34 November 9, 2009

U.S. Monetary Policy: An Introduction

U.S. Monetary Policy Objectives in the Short and Long Run Yellen FRBSF Economic Letter 2009-01-02 January 9, 2009

Heeding Daedalus: Optimal Inflation and the Zero Lower Bound Williams FRBSF Working Paper 2009-23

The Fed's Monetary Policy Response to the Current Crisis Rudebusch FRBSF Economic Letter 2009-17 May 22, 2009

Monetary Policy and Asset Prices Lansing FRBSF Economic Letter 2009-34 October 31, 2008

Monetary Policy and Asset Price Bubbles Rudebusch FRBSF Economic Letter 2005-18 August 5, 2005

Unconventional Actions

Do Central Bank Liquidity Facilities Affect Interbank Lending Rates? Christensen Lopez Rudebusch FRBSF Working Paper 2009-13

Have the Fed Liquidity Facilities Had an Effect on Libor? Christensen FRBSF Economic Letter 2009-25 August 10, 2009

A View of the Economic Crisis and the Federal Reserve's Response Yellen FRBSF Economic Letter 2009-22 July 6, 2009

The Fed's Monetary Policy Response to the Current Crisis Rudebusch FRBSF Economic Letter 2009-17 May 22, 2009

 

Economic Aftermath

Recession and Outlook

Inflation Expectations and the Risk of Deflation Christensen FRBSF Economic Letter 2009-34 November 2, 2009

Disagreement about the Inflation Outlook Leduc Rudebusch Weidner FRBSF Economic Letter 2009-31 October 5, 2009

New Highs in Unemployment Insurance Claims Cleary Kwok Valletta FRBSF Economic Letter 2009-28 September 8, 2009

The Outlook for Recovery in the U.S. Economy Yellen Speech delivered September 14, 2009

FedViews October 13, 2009 Rudebusch

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Growth Accounting, Potential Output, and the Current Recession Fernald Matoba FRBSF Economic Letter 2009-26 August 17, 2009

Beige Book October 21, 2009: Summary 12th District Full report (national)

The Risk of Deflation Williams FRBSF Economic Letter 2009-12 March 27, 2009

Jobless Recovery Redux Daly Hobijn Kwok FRBSF Economic Letter 2009-18 June 5, 2009

U.S. Household Deleveraging and Future Consumption Growth Glick Lansing FRBSF Economic Letter 2009-16 May 15, 2009

Real-time Analysis

Predicting Crises, Part II: Did Anything Matter (to Everybody)? Rose Spiegel FRBSF Economic Letter 2009-30 September 28, 2009

Predicting Crises, Part I: Do Coming Crises Cast Their Shadows Before? Trehan FRBSF Economic Letter 2009-29 September 21, 2009

Cross-Country Causes and Consequences of the 2008 Crisis: International Linkages and American Exposure Rose Spiegel FRBSF Working Paper 2009-18

Cross-Country Causes and Consequences of the 2008 Crisis: Early Warning Rose Spiegel FRBSF Working Paper 2009-17

How Big Is the Output Gap? Weidner Williams FRBSF Economic Letter 2009-19 June 12, 2009

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Sectoral Reallocation and Unemployment Valletta Cleary FRBSF Economic Letter 2008-32 October 17, 2008

Are Fiscal Stimulus Funds Going to the "Right" States? Wilson FRBSF Economic Leter April 17

Unanchored Expectations? Interpreting the Evidence from Inflation Surveys Huang Trehan FRBSF Economic Letter 2008-23 July 25, 2008