Financial Institutions

Fannie Mae headquarters is seen in Washington November 7, 2013. Government-run Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, America's biggest providers of housing finance, will send the U.S. Treasury $39.0 billion in December, leaving them within a hair of paying back their 2008 bailout. Freddie Mac said on Thursday it will pay $30.4 billion in dividends after a multibillion-dollar tax-related windfall fuelled a record profit in the third quarter. Its larger sibling and fellow state ward Fannie Mae said it would make an $8.6 billion payment. REUTERS/Gary Cameron (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS REAL ESTATE) - GM1E9B808VQ01

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Fannie and Freddie

Peter Conti-Brown

Monday, October 7, 2019

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Recession preparation: What happens when a big domestic bank fails?

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A man walks in front of a board displaying the exchange rate for Mexican Peso and U.S. Dollar at a foreign exchange house in Mexico City, Mexico September 4, 2019. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido - RC1586C1FD60

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Has the dollar lost ground as the dominant international currency?

Eswar Prasad

Friday, September 20, 2019

A woman visits the Huawei Cyber Security Transparency Centre in Brussels, Belgium March 5, 2019. REUTERS/Yves Herman - RC16860A0720

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Cybersecurity and digital trade: Getting it right

Joshua P. Meltzer and Cameron F. Kerry

Wednesday, September 18, 2019

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A customer uses the AliExpress app on a mobile phone, after Safaricom secured a deal to use its M-Pesa mobile payment service for online shopping on one of Alibaba's platforms, at their offices in Nairobi, Kenya March 12, 2019. REUTERS/George Nganga - RC17EC4C3010

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Taxing mobile phone transactions in Africa: Lessons from Kenya

Njuguna Ndung’u

Monday, August 5, 2019

Researchers of Hauri, an IT security software company investigating computer viruses, work at their lab in the company in Seoul March 22, 2013. This week's cyber-attack on South Korean broadcasters and banks may not have originated in China after all as the IP address has been traced to one of the victim banks, the communications regulator said on Friday. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CRIME LAW BUSINESS TELECOMS) - GM1E93M1BKH01

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Cyber runs: How a cyber attack could affect U.S. financial institutions

Darrell Duffie and Joshua Younger

Tuesday, June 18, 2019

International Financial Institutions

Is China’s new payment system the future?

Aaron Klein

Sunday, June 16, 2019

A woman looks at an electronic board showing the recent fluctuations of market indices on the floor of Brazil's B3 Stock Exchange in Sao Paulo, Brazil, April 3, 2019. Picture taken April 3, 2019. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli - RC157ABDC690

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Finance and monetary policy beyond neoliberalism: The way ahead for emerging markets

Rakesh Mohan

Wednesday, May 1, 2019

An American Express credit card is seen on a computer keyboard in this picture illustration taken September 6, 2017. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer/Illustration - RC12125F0520

Technology & Innovation

Credit denial in the age of AI

Aaron Klein

Thursday, April 11, 2019

Blog Posts

People walk by the Central Bank in Buenos Aires' financial district, Argentina August 30, 2018. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci - RC1D031C8C30

Future Development

Argentina 2019: The IMF should avoid mistakes repeatedly made in past bailouts

Brian Pinto

Thursday, September 5, 2019

A customer uses her cell-phone to access the Sidian Bank mobile-app inside the banking hall at the Sidian Bank headquarters on the outskirts of Kenya's capital Nairobi

Africa in focus

Figure of the week: Taxing mobile transactions in Kenya

Dhruv Gandhi

Wednesday, August 7, 2019

TechTank

How should governments respond to Facebook’s Libra initiative?

Erwin Fielt, Kevin C. Desouza, and Chen Ye

Friday, July 26, 2019

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Could China’s digital payment system be a model around the world?

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A veteran central banker’s advice to Congress and the Fed on how best to preserve the Fed’s independence

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