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Large incumbent service firms built the US service economy by opening new establishments. In a two-sector firm-dynamics model, cheaper replication costs + rising manufacturing productivity explain over 50% of US structural transformation. https://t.co/Ufu6iNfs8A #IFDPPaper
Effects are larger in low-income countries, for products where the U.S. was a key destination for Chinese exports, and in countries geopolitically closer to China. (2/2) https://t.co/Z8Qqtwj0QL #IFDPPaper
What happened to the US dollar share of Euro Area central banks' FX reserves when they moved gold reserves out of the US? A new #FEDSNote investigates. https://t.co/lHagPzocUu
U.S. PD funds held about $530 billion of private credit loans in 2025Q4. Leverage (debt-to-NAV) at U.S. PD funds is low on average and relatively stable, at around 0.25. Funds at the 90th percentile have leverage ratios that are typically near 1. (2/2)
Following our first note, “Introducing Private Credit into the U.S. Financial Accounts,” this new #FEDSNote details the methodology and how leverage and portfolio concentration differ across vehicles, reflecting distinct institutional structures. (1/2) https://t.co/WQpcDzV8Q0
This #FEDSPaper constructs novel monthly county-level consumption measures from credit card spending data and shows how they enable analyses that are infeasible with traditional consumption data. https://t.co/IvIWH2Lyxa #EconTwitter
The September 2026 release of the Financial Accounts of the U.S. now integrates private credit. The charts show $2.6 trillion in assets across private credit vehicles & $1.5 trillion in loans to U.S. businesses. For more details: https://t.co/FKH37A8mvI
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ICYMI New #FEDSNote: Convenience Yields, Risk Premiums, and the Interpretation of Oil Futures Prices During Times of Geopolitical Conflict: https://t.co/7VbTPjxncx