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Resource Allocation In a series of arrests spanning 21 states, the feds are apparently rounding up illegal aliens working for WalMart, or rather, aliens working for a subcontractor hired to…

The Fed didn’t announce QE2

…securities into longer-dated Treasuries from reserves already created. Therefore, the Fed is simply shifting the asset side of the balance sheet toward a Treasury-only portfolio. Reinvesting maturing Treasuries is regular…

International Debt and Financial Crises

…and portfolio equity liabilities had the opposite effect. Ahrend and Goujard (2014)(working paper here) confirmed that increases in debt liabilities increase the occurrence of systemic banking crises. Catão and Milesi-Ferretti…