Office of Financial Research

Stacey Schreft, OFR Deputy Director for Research and Analysis, speaks on the significance of the Rising Scholars Conference in her opening remarks to attendees

https://www.financialresearch.gov/public-appearances/2024/05/08/opening-remarks-2024-rising-scholars/

The Final Rule requires daily reporting to the OFR by certain financial companies with large exposures to non-centrally cleared bilateral repo transactions.

https://www.financialresearch.gov/press-releases/2024/05/06/ofr-adopts-final-rule-for-data-collection/

This brief reviews components of large U.S. bank Liquidity Coverage Ratios since 2017, with emphasis on the effects of the market turbulence in early 2020 (Brief no. 24-02).

https://www.financialresearch.gov/briefs/2024/04/02/liquidity-coverage-ratios-of-banks-during-after-covid-19/

The 22nd meeting of the FRAC included discussions of Financial Stability Concerns in Commercial Real Estate, a Presentation on Hedge Fund Data, and a Discussion on Private Debt.

https://www.financialresearch.gov/frac/2024/03/28/committee-meeting/

U.S. money market funds, an important source of short-term funding to the financial system, saw record inflows and aggregate net assets in 2023.

https://www.financialresearch.gov/the-ofr-blog/2024/03/26/us-money-market-funds-at-end-of-2023/

High-quality theoretical and empirical paper presentations of young scholars on the future of financial stability.

https://www.financialresearch.gov/conferences/2024/03/21/rising-scholars-conference/

The OFR and the Review of Corporate Finance Studies will host the annual Rising Scholars Conference on May 3, 2024, in Washington, D.C.

https://www.financialresearch.gov/press-releases/2024/03/21/rising-scholars-conference-announcement/

The UPI became a required data element under SEC and CFTC rules for recordkeeping and data reporting for all new and existing OTC derivatives swap transactions.

https://www.financialresearch.gov/the-ofr-blog/2024/03/19/ofr-congratulates-cftc-sec/

Lenders decide whether to enforce upon borrower breach of covenants. These decisions imply that lenders value borrower relationships at 11% of loan principal.

https://www.financialresearch.gov/the-ofr-blog/2024/03/06/lenders-value-borrower-relationships/

In this paper, the authors estimate, for the first time, the economic value of lenders’ relationships to borrowers. (Working Paper no. 24-02).

https://www.financialresearch.gov/working-papers/2024/03/05/the-value-of-lending-relationships/