Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

the tier 1 common ratio), the ratio of tier 1 capital to risk-weighted...the tier 1 capital ratio), the ratio of total regulatory capital to risk-weighted

price inflation had fallen over the past year, reflecting both favorable...prices. Business fixed investment edged up in the third quarter, as a

prices such as gold prices are not useful indicators of inflation; instead...key sectors of the economy now have sufficient financial strength to withstand

and/or auto sales. In contrast, tourism was generally described as strong...and, to a lesser extent, Philadelphia noted relative strength in demand

the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), the Federal Home...key to developing secondary markets was securitization, and Fannie and

key part of this gap. There are two major reasons that our survey is a...key to the representativeness of the data. If you agree to participate

for both bankers and supervisors--is far from complete, adoption of the...and if it also aligned as closely as possible with what banks themselves

the euro, the yen, the British pound, and the Swiss franc--although not...the emergence of a pervasive pattern of attempted manipulation of LIBOR

key interbank rates, such as the London interbank offered rate (Libor)...and the Treasury will receive most of the upside from these loans). The

key international regulatory groups to the financial crisis, including