Economic Insights — Since they exploded in popularity, stablecoins have been playing a growing role in the real economy.

WP 26-27 – The authors study the impact of three recent developments in the corporate bond market: an increase in dealers’ balance sheet costs, the rise of electronic trading platforms, and the shift in ownership toward mutual funds and ETFs.

WP 26-25 – Banking regulation's failure to recognize the riskiness of government debt induces domestic banks to purchase risky government bonds and lowers the government’s borrowing costs. A government might use banking regulation to avert a default.