Economic Research
Crisis & Responsean overview
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
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
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
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
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