Archive for the ‘Federal Reserve’ Category:

Inflation expectations and the Fed

{ Posted on Jan 29 2012 by James Hamilton }
The Fed has begun implementing its new communication strategy. Here's what the message seems to be. Read More »

The One Question We Must All Ask Ourselves

{ Posted on Jan 05 2012 by Shah Gilani }
Rampant profiteering by Congress and greedy bankers is forcing us to weigh the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune against honesty and transparency - both of which are being trampled by crony capitalists in pursuit of the ...Read More »

A Call for Action: Conditional Inflation Targetting

{ Posted on Jan 02 2012 by Menzie Chinn }
From an article by myself and Jeffry Frieden in the newly released Foreign Policy: [We need] inflation -- just enough to reduce the debt burden to more manageable levels, which probably means in the 4 to 6 percent range for several ...Read More »

European financial tensions and the Fed

{ Posted on Dec 21 2011 by James Hamilton }
U.S. monetary policy has gone through three distinct phases since 2008. We may be about to begin the fourth. Read More »

FOMC statement

{ Posted on Dec 14 2011 by James Hamilton }
The Federal Reserve still would like to do more, but not right now. Read More »

Out of Answers, Federal Reserve Can Only Offer Empty Rhetoric

{ Posted on Dec 13 2011 by David Zeiler }
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) is scheduled to issue a statement at 2:15 pm. today (Tuesday), but don't expect anything other than more empty rhetoric. Indeed, with few options remaining, the Fed is expected to produce little ...Read More »

More on those secret Federal Reserve loans to banks

{ Posted on Dec 11 2011 by James Hamilton }
The claim that the Federal Reserve extended trillions of dollars in secret loans to banks continues to be spread. Here at Econbrowser we will continue to try to correct some of the misunderstanding that is out there. Read More »

Jim Rogers: "The Fed is Lying to Us"

{ Posted on Dec 08 2011 by David Zeiler }
Despite statements to the contrary, the U.S. Federal Reserve has continued to pump money into the economy, says investing legend Jim Rogers. The resulting low interest rates and creeping inflation, he says, are destroying the wealth of millions. "[Federal Reserve ...Read More »

$7.77 trillion in secret Federal Reserve loans to banks?

{ Posted on Dec 06 2011 by James Hamilton }
I have been looking into the claim recently made by any number of internet sites (for example, here's one of the many hundreds, if you insist on a link) that the Federal Reserve made $7.77 trillion in secret loans to ...Read More »

Central banks augment currency swap capabilities

{ Posted on Nov 30 2011 by James Hamilton }
The U.S. Federal Reserve, European Central Bank, and central banks of Canada, England, Japan, and Switzerland today announced a coordinated monetary action that could provide added assistance to interbank lending in the event of a further deterioration in global financial ...Read More »