The Warsh Fed: Balance Sheets and Market Plumbing
With Kevin Warsh taking the chair and signaling reform, these books explain the Fed's balance sheet, crisis tools, and the market plumbing any new regime has to work through.
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America's BankRoger LowensteinAmerica's Bank provides the historical foundation for how the Fed evolved into its modern balance-sheet role that Warsh...Shelf signal: Banks & Banking
The Lords of Easy MoneyChristopher LeonardThe Lords of Easy Money documents recent Fed policy choices and the institutional incentives behind large-scale...Shelf signal: Money & Monetary Policy
Too Big to FailWilliam Hughes, Andrew Ross SorkinToo Big to Fail gives an inside account of crisis-era interventions that shaped current Fed tools and market backstops.Shelf signal: Economic History
Flash BoysMichael LewisFlash Boys explains the market plumbing and high-speed trading ecosystem that interacts with Fed liquidity operations.Shelf signal: Financial Services
The Problem of TwelveJohn CoatesThe Problem of Twelve analyzes concentration in financial institutions and why Fed rules for market support matter for...Shelf signal: Private Equity
The New Stock MarketMerritt B. Fox, Lawrence GlostenThe New Stock Market explains structural market changes and microstructure that the Fed must consider when altering...Shelf signal: Securities Law