Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchBrian Waters on the Community Reinvestment Act
Season 1 Episode 24
Congress passed the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) nearly 50 years ago to encourage lending within financial institutions’ local communities. Since…
2 years, 1 month ago
Matt Peterman and Ruben Rodriguez on the SBA Market
Season 1 Episode 23
Loans issued by the Small Business Administration are pooled into securities that are backed by the full faith and credit of the US government, have …
2 years, 2 months ago
Julia Gelatt on the Impacts of Immigration on the US Economy
Season 1 Episode 22
Recent research from the Congressional Budget Office suggests that an initial undercounting of undocumented migrants may help explain the surprisingl…
2 years, 2 months ago
James Hotchkiss on the Federal Home Loan Bank System
Season 1 Episode 21
The Federal Home Loan Bank system started as a Great Depression-era effort to support homeownership across the United States. Ever since, it has tran…
2 years, 3 months ago
Preston Mui on the Labor Market
Season 1 Episode 20
The labor market is at the center of overall economic activity and how the Federal Reserve understands inflation. It can be difficult to gauge underl…
2 years, 3 months ago
Brian Matochik and Christian Turner on Bank Derivatives Tools
Season 1 Episode 19
The use of derivatives has evolved since the global financial crisis, giving banks opportunities to protect against the risks and uncertainty that st…
2 years, 4 months ago
Greg Baer on the Basel III Endgame
Season 1 Episode 18
Decades ago, the Basel Accords attempted to minimize global financial risk by standardizing regulations across major countries. The current phase of …
2 years, 4 months ago
Mark Palim on the Housing Market
Season 1 Episode 17
The shift from rock-bottom interest rates early in the pandemic to mortgage rates eclipsing 8% has caused housing inventories to plummet and demand f…
2 years, 5 months ago
Adriana Reyes on Long-term US Demographics
Season 1 Episode 16
Demographics are at the core of understanding future economic growth and the long-run environment for financial institutions. Population trends, migr…
2 years, 5 months ago
Ethan Heisler on the 2024 Banking Sector
Season 1 Episode 15
The banking sector managed to avoid the worst case scenarios that some predicted in March 2023. But with banks still adjusting to the Fed’s aggressiv…
2 years, 5 months ago