Financial conditions indexes summarize a broad range of financial indicators with the goal of measuring how financial markets affect economic activity. Evidence from event studies with high-frequency ...

Financial conditions indicators (FCIs) provide key signals for investors and policy-makers… Financial conditions are an imprecise concept, and not measurable without looking at a range of variables 1 ...

Recent strains at some banks in the United States and Europe are a powerful reminder of pockets of elevated financial vulnerabilities built over years of low rates, compressed volatility, and ample ...

As the Federal Reserve nears the end of a historic cycle of interest rate increases, market watchers are anxiously eyeing evidence of how much those hikes have affected—or will continue to ...