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Fixed Costs in the U.S. Banking System Since the 1990s, banks’ fixed costs have increased substantially while marginal and average costs have declined. Research Working Paper Macroeconomics Banking and Finance Data and Trends	Thomas Désiré Jordan Pandolfo Expandable Row	September 1, 2026 Expandable Row	Web Page Full Text Expandable Row
A Dual Mandate Can Support Price Stability A dual mandate that includes promoting maximum employment can enhance a central bank’s ability to achieve price stability. Research Working Paper Monetary Policy Macroeconomics Inflation	Brent Bundick Nicolas Petrosky-Nadeau Expandable Row	August 31, 2026 Expandable Row	Web Page Full Text Expandable Row
Bank Capital and Deposit Insurance Capital affects banks’ funding preferences, as banks with more capital monitor more intensely under uninsured financing. Research Working Paper Banking and Finance	Kaniska Dam Rajdeep Sengupta Expandable Row	August 31, 2026 Expandable Row	Web Page Full Text Expandable Row
rwp26-10appendix No Description Provided. Research Working Paper	Brent Bundick Nicolas Petrosky-Nadeau Expandable Row	August 31, 2026 Expandable Row	Full Text Expandable Row
Cautious Careers: Job Mobility Under Incomplete Markets Without unemployment insurance, workers frequently stay put in safe but lower-productivity jobs and reject risky high-wage jobs. Labor and Demographics Quantitative Methods Research Working Paper Macroeconomics Data and Trends	Alex Clymo Piotr Denderski Yusuf Mercan Benjamin Schoefer Expandable Row	August 19, 2026 Expandable Row	Web Page Full Text Expandable Row
Introducing Trimmed Imports and Exports New “trimmed” import and export growth rates for the United States can cut forecast errors by up to 15 percent. Research Working Paper International Data and Trends	Thomas R. Cook Mariia Dzholos Johannes Matschke Expandable Row	August 18, 2026 Expandable Row	Web Page Full Text Expandable Row
The Dynamic Distribution in the Fixed Cost Model: An Analytical Solution A new method for analyzing dynamic distributions predicts an investment boom and lull after AI accelerates growth. Quantitative Methods Research Working Paper Macroeconomics	Jonathan J. Adams Expandable Row	August 14, 2026 Expandable Row	Web Page Full Text Expandable Row
Is the AI Boom Volatility-Biased Technological Change? The AI boom is concentrated in the most volatile sectors of the U.S. economy and could keep volatility elevated going forward. Labor and Demographics AI Research Working Paper Macroeconomics	Juan David Munoz Henao Nicholas Sly Expandable Row	August 13, 2026 Expandable Row	Web Page Full Text Expandable Row
Rethinking Central Bank LSAPs: The Power of Market Functioning Purchases New research shows how operationally similar central bank asset purchases can have markedly different effects. Research Working Paper Monetary Policy Banking and Finance	A. Lee Smith Victor J. Valcarcel Expandable Row	July 17, 2026 Expandable Row	Web Page Full Text Expandable Row
Maintaining the Anchor: An Evaluation of Inflation Targeting in the Face of COVID-19 - Online Appendix No Description Provided.	A. Lee Smith Luca Van der Meer Luca Van der Meer Brent Bundick Expandable Row	June 4, 2026 Expandable Row	Full Text Expandable Row