Notes from the Vault
Financial Stability Implications of New Technology
Larry D. Wall
November 2018
This post reviews papers and presentations from an Atlanta Fed research workshop about the effects of new technology on financial stability.
Consumer Credit, Blockchains, and Machine Learning
Larry D. Wall
October 2018
Credit bureaus and credit scoring have had a profound impact on the consumer lending market. This post discusses the prospects for blockchains and machine learning to affect that market.
China's Two-Pillar Policy for the Renminbi
Urban Jermann, Bin Wei, and Vivian Yue
September 2018
This post documents that between December 2015 and May 2017, the People's Bank of China followed a two-pillar exchange rate policy designed to achieve both stability and flexibility.
Blockchain Challenges and Governance
Larry D. Wall
July 2018
Some analysts are promoting blockchains as replacements for banks and other trusted third parties. In the second of a two-part series, this post discusses the governance of blockchains.
Some Blockchain Challenges
Larry D. Wall
June 2018
Blockchain technology, the technology underlying bitcoin, is being widely promoted. In the first of two posts on blockchains, this one briefly reviews blockchain technology and discusses challenges with the way it is currently implemented.
Machines Learning Finance
Larry D. Wall
May 2018
This post discusses the Atlanta Fed's recent Financial Markets Conference on machine learning. The conference highlighted some of the strengths and weaknesses of machine learning in the financial system.
The Initial Coin Offerings Market (Part 2)
Larry D. Wall
April 2018
Initial coin offerings (ICOs) compete with various other methods of raising funds to support new technology ventures. This second of a two-part post compares ICOs with those alternatives.
The Initial Coin Offerings Market
Larry D. Wall
March 2018
Initial coin offerings (ICOs) have become a popular way for new tech firms to raise funds. This post, the first of a two-part series, discusses various economic aspects of the ICO market.
Good Models, Bad Models
Nikolay Gospodinov
January 2018
This post discusses the incompleteness of economic models used to inform decision makers. It contends that aggregating information from multiple models would better reflect this specification uncertainty.
Notes from the Vault was on hiatus after the March/April 2012 post; it restarted in March 2013.
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