The U.S. Financial System as a Network: Insights and Implications for Hybrid Warfare

Abstract

This thesis builds a network representation of the U.S. financial system using data that is processedautomatically from the U.S. Federal Reserve. We develop computational tools to import and clean theoverall quarterly holding amounts in the financial accounts of the United States Z.1 report for the currentand historical quarters. We use this curated data to create a network representation of the financial systemand then to analyze the network to identify the most important monies and players based on rankings,analysis of network structure, and visualizations of different dimensions of the network. By studying thisnetwork structure, we obtain insight into potential vulnerabilities and changes in the financial system overtime.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2020
Accession Number
AD1114705

Entities

People

  • William J. Reinike

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Blockchain
  • California
  • Commerce
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Cryptocurrency
  • Cyberwarfare
  • Data Curation
  • Data Sets
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Economic Warfare
  • Electrical Grids
  • Governments
  • Homeland Security
  • Hybrid Warfare
  • Information Operations
  • International Relations
  • Internet Of Things
  • Investments
  • Money
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Python Programming Language
  • Reliability
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • War Colleges

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