Christopher Pike

Economic Commentaries

• Economic Commentary

  FDICIA's Prompt Corrective Action Provisions

  Christopher Pike James B. Thomson
  09.01.1992 | EC 9/1/1992
  Following passage of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989, which addressed the insolvency of the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation’s deposit insurance fund.
• Economic Commentary

  Median Price Changes: An Alternative Approach to Measuring Current Monetary Inflation

  Michael F. Bryan Christopher Pike
  12.01.1991 | EC 12/1/1991
  Price movements are the channel through which market information is transmitted. An increase in one price relative to others is the signal that directs resources and rations consumption.
• Economic Commentary

  The RTC and the Escalating Costs of the Thrift Insurance Mess

  Christopher Pike James B. Thomson
  05.15.1991 | EC 5/15/1991
  Almost daily, the news media report on the ever-growing cost of resolving the savings and loan (thrift) insurance crisis.
• Economic Commentary

  Oil, the Economy, and Monetary Policy

  Gerald Anderson Michael F. Bryan Christopher Pike
  11.01.1990 | EC 11/1/1990
  Soaring oil prices have caused speculation about the prospects for a national recession this winter.
• Economic Commentary

  Standardizing World Securities Clearance Systems

  Ramon DeGennaro Christopher Pike
  04.15.1990 | EC 4/15/1990
  The dramatic increase in the volume of international securities trading has strained the present system of settling trades.