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A Comparative Analysis on US Financial Stress Indicators

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  • Nimantha Manamperi

    (Department of Economics, St. Cloud State University, 740 Fourth Ave S. Saint Cloud, MN 56301, USA.)

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This paper provides a comparative analysis on different fi nancial stress indexes (FSIs) available for the United States. The main objective of these stress indexes is to provide detailed insights about the fi nancial conditions in the U.S. economy. In general, all stress indexes indicated a very high fi nancial risk during the 2008 fi nancial crisis. Among all the Federal Reserve Bank FSIs, the Kansas city fed FSI and the St. Louis fed FSI show considerable similarities during 2008 fi nancial crisis. However, the behavior of Chicago Fed's National Financial Conditions Index and the Cleveland Fed's FSI were different. The stress indexes had responded to notable events with considerable shifts in their values. Indexes showed a signifi cant increase for Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac and Lehman Brother bankruptcies while signifi cant reductions for fi nancial healing processes such as TARP, TALF and fed funds rate cuts during the great recession. If a researcher wants to study the fi nancial conditions of the U.S. economy then these FSIs should be the first choice.

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  • Nimantha Manamperi, 2015. "A Comparative Analysis on US Financial Stress Indicators," International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues, Econjournals, vol. 5(2), pages 613-623.
    • Handle: RePEc:eco:journ1:2015-02-34
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    Keywords

    Financial Stress Index; Financial Crisis; FED; US Economy; Recession;
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    JEL classification:

    • E44 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
    • E58 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Central Banks and Their Policies
    • G10 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - General (includes Measurement and Data)

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