Research Buzz

Volume 5, Issue 5 (May 2009)

  • Is There a Revolution in American Saving?
  • Social Security and Medicare Reports Underline Increased Urgency

Volume 5, Issue 4 (April 2009)

  • The Obama Plan for Financial Regulatory Reform.
  • Tunisian Dealer Behavior in FX Market: Pricing Decisions.
  • Indiana’s Banking Industry Performance.

Volume 5, Issue 3 (March 2009)

  • Impact of September 11, 2001 (9/11) in the Emerging Market’s Stock Volatility.
  • Shifting Goalposts in the Mortgage Crisis

Volume 5, Issue 2 (February 2009)

  • AIG and the Fed: Prologue to Future Financial Regulation?
  • Economic Crisis Bites Indiana

Volume 5, Issue 1 (January 2009)

  • The Superlative Recession and Economic Policies
  • President’s Financial Literacy Advisory Council Releases 2008 Annual Report

Volume 4, Issue 10 (December 2008)

  • Is the Financial Crisis Causing a Recession? 
  • Global Responses to Financial Crisis Continue.
  • Indiana Mortgage Data Worsens, Rankings Improve

Volume 4, Issue 9 (November 2008)

  • More Myths about the Financial Crisis in 2008.
  • G-20 Communiqué on the Financial Turmoil.
  • Delivery of Financial Literacy Programs to Adults.

Volume 4, Issue 8 (October 2008)

  • The Fed’s New Front in the Financial Crisis. 
  • Interest on Reserves Moves to the Forefront at the Fed.
  • Does a Foreclosure’s Lifespan Help or Hurt?

Volume 4, Issue 7 (September 2008)

  • The Continuing Foreclosure Crisis, New Institutions and Risk
  • Bankruptcy Levels Spike

Volume 4, Issue 6 (July 2008)

  • New Actions on the Housing and Financial Crises—Do No Harm?
  • A Race to the Top? U.S. Financial Regulatory Reform, as Envisioned by the Treasury Department.
  • Article Summary – Insurance Regulation: The Need for Policy Reform.

Volume 4, Issue 5 (May 2008)

  • Prompt Corrective Action Provisions: Are Insurance Companies and Investment Banks Next?
  • Social Security: The Retirement Dilemma.

Volume 4, Issue 4 (April 2008)

  • Foreclosure Crisis Update.
  • The Value of What’s Not There: “Emissions Avoided” and the New Carbon Economy.
  • Personal Financial Literacy Levels Decline

Volume 4, Issue 3 (March 2008)

  • The Federal Reserve in Crisis
  • State Regulation and Consumer Protection in the Insurance Industry
  • Economic Stimulus Package: File Taxes or Lose Out

Volume 4, Issue 2 (February 2008)

  • Checking the weather: Climate Change and Its Impact on Financial Services
  • Interstate Healthcare and Health Insurance Mandates

Volume 4, Issue 1 (January 2008)

  • Stagflation and Recession – What is a Policy Maker to Do?
  • Treasury Department Review of the Financial Institutions Regulatory Structure
  • Bankruptcies and Foreclosures Trend in Indiana

Volume 3, Issue 6 (December 2007)

  • The Foreclosure Crisis: A Two-Pronged Assault on the U.S. Economy.
  • Article Summary: “Big Bad Banks?” prepared for the World Bank Development Research Group, August 2007.
  • Graduate Fellows Program Winds Down.

Volume 3, Issue 5, (May 2007)

  • Are Returns to Capital Hitting New Historic Highs?
  • Book Summary: All You Need to Know about Ethics and Finance
  • Article Summary: “Securitization of Life Insurance Assets and Liabilities”

Volume 3, Issue 4, (April 2007)

  • Is The U.S. Dollar Set to Plummet in Value?
  • The Indiana Insurance Industry: An Engine of Employment Growth

Volume 3, Issue 3 (March 2007)

  • Is the Chinese Renminbi Undervalued?
  • Performance of Indiana Small Banks

Volume 3, Issue 2 (February 2007)

  • Is the Distribution of Income Shifting Away from Workers?
  • Refund Anticipation Loans in Indiana

Volume 3, Issue 1 (January 2007)

  • When will China's prosperity catch up with the U.S.
  • NFI's China Forum: "China: A Two-Way Street"
  • Article Summary: "Risk transfer with CDO's and systematic risk in banking" Jan Pieter Krahnen and Christian Wilde, Frankfurt Universit's Center for Financial Studies Working Paper No. 2006/04, March 2006

Volume 2, Issue 11 (December 2006)

  • High rate of foreclosures in Indiana
  • Article Summary: "Are We Making the Grade? A National Overview of Financial Education and Program Evaluation" Angela C. Lyons, Lance Palmer, Koralalage S. U. Jayaratne, and Erik Scherpf
  • Policy Brief Summaries: "In Search of Corporate Governance"

Volume 2, Issue 10 (November 2006)

  • Money Growth Has Slowed Sharply-Should Anybody Care?
  • SarbOx Overhaul and Small Business

Volume 2, Issue 9 (October 2006)

  • Are High Taxes Restricting Indiana's Growth?
  • Matt Muckler joins NFI's graduate fellows
  • Mixed Results in Indiana's Banking Industry
  • Article Summary: The Value Premium and the CAPM

Volume 2, Issue 8 (September 2006)

  • US workers are seeing strong wage gains
  • Uninsured in Indiana
  • Don't miss NFI's "In Search of Effective Corporate Governance Reform" Forum

Volume 2, Issue 7 (July 2006)

  • A New Plan for Growing Indiana's Income
  • Life science as an industry in the state of Indiana
  • New NFI supported College of Business research projects in the pipeline for the summer period

Volume 2, Issue 6 (June 2006)

  • All Deficits are Not Created Equal
  • An update on Indiana's banking sector

Volume 2, Issue 5 (May 2006)

  • Inflation Targeting is Neither Necessary Nor Sufficient
  • K12 Financial Literacy Education: The Case for Early Intervention
  • Indiana Insurance Industry

Volume 2, Issue 4 (April 2006)

  • Why are interest rates so low?
  • Author article summary - "Effect of regulation fair disclosure on information in analysts' rating changes"
  • Bankruptcy and foreclosure rates in Indiana Credit Unions in Indiana

Volume 2, Issue 3 (March 2006)

  • Bottom line: Indiana toll road not worth $3.8 billion to state
  • NFI advocating early financial literacy education NFI graduate fellow attends annual insurance summit
  • State's banking industry experiences recent changes
  • Adult financial literacy conference to focus on a growing problem

Volume 2, Issue 2 (February 2006)

  • Risks to the U.S. economic outlook
  • Article Summary: "Mapping the Global Capital Markets"
  • Is negative personal saving a serious problem?

Volume 2, Issue 1 (January 2006)

  • Business investment, cycles and tax policy: Are we investing too little too late?
  • NFI seeks research papers, proposals for prospective fellows
  • Military personnel often targets of financial scams. Are payday lenders preying on our troops?
  • Online searching today: Far more complex than 'googling' - Doing it right is an art form
  • Do transparency and predictability improve economic policy outcomes?
  • Article Summary - "Will the president's proposal solve the Social security crisis?" Andrew J. Rettenmaier and Thomas R. Saving

Volume I, Issue 5 (December 5, 2005)

  • Housing bubble: 'Worst-case' secenario exaggerated
  • Three to join NFI graduate fellows program

Volume 1, Issue 4 (March 25, 2005)

  • Daniels to replace State Department of Commerce with new initiative
  • Experience, skills of NFI's graduate fellows follow research assistant model
  • Hoosiers should Inspire beyond Google when searching the Internet for reliable, valid information

Volume 1, Issue 3 (March 3, 2005)

  • Spitzer investigation sets stage for insurance industry change
  • Think you're a savvy surfer when it comes to finding valid info on the Web? You may want to think again.
  • NFI research team develops graduate fellowship program

Volume 1, Issue 2 (February 14, 2005)

  • State of the Union and Social Security; Social Security Reform and the Indiana Economy
  • Networks Graduate Scholars Research Tip

Volume 1, Issue 1 (January 28, 2005)

  • Views on Social Security
  • Networks Graduate Scholars Research Tip