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No. 367
Shifting Ground: The Changing Landscape in Financial Markets and Technology
Marshall Eckblad, Lamont Black and Ana Oppenheimer
The Chicago Fed’s Supervision and Regulation Department and DePaul University’s Center for Financial Services held their ninth annual risk conference on March 29–30, 2016. The conference brought together financial industry professionals, academics, and regulators to discuss the challenges and opportunities posed by the uncertain outlooks for financial markets and geopolitical landscapes across the globe, as well as by the array of innovations from financial technology, or “fintech,” firms.
No. 366
Using Private Sector “Big Data” as an Economic Indicator: The Case of Construction Spending
Daniel Aaronson, Scott A. Brave and Ross Cole
This Chicago Fed Letter provides an account of our collaboration with the construction contracts and payment management firm Textura to use their data to evaluate the state of U.S. construction spending. We show that new construction projects budgeted by Textura’s clients are a leading indicator for total U.S. construction spending and provide information beyond other already publicly available data..
