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MarkThomaTypePad
MarkThomaTypePad posted a blog entry
Unemployment and Excess Capacity
The excess capacity series is defined as 100 - capacity utilization rate. The unemployment series is the civilian unemployment...
 
bcultral
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"Monetary Policy" Transfers Your Children's Future Earnings to the Financial Elite http://ff.im/-dj2os
 
moneyenergy11
moneyenergy11 posted a blog entry
When the Fed Is Expected to Raise Interest Rates
With long-term U.S. bond yields rising and much of the recovery seemingly in place, analysts are increasingly wondering when...
 
Make Money Online Free
Make Money Online Free posted a blog entry
Bank of England was united in policy decision
Members of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee were unanimous in their decision earlier this month to stick to...
 
MarkThomaTypePad
MarkThomaTypePad posted a blog entry
Conducting Monetary Policy when Interest Rates Are Near Zero: Will it Work?
I have been more skeptical than most about the ability of quantitative easing to stimulate output and employment, so I thought...
 
enivid
enivid posted a blog entry
Yen Down on U.S. Optimism
The Japanese currency started the week losing versus the greenback as the U.S. economy recovers,...
 
MarkThomaTypePad
MarkThomaTypePad posted a blog entry
Is Criticism of the Bernanke Fed Justified?
Many of you will likely disagree with this: Is Criticism of the Bernanke Fed Justified?, by Mark Thoma
5 days ago Economist's View | Topics: Economics, Monetary...
 
Swamp Fox
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Saudi Arabia is now making US monetary policy http://bit.ly/5GLrqz
 
MarkThomaTypePad
MarkThomaTypePad posted a blog entry
The Fed Can Help, But Fiscal Policy Is The Key To Job Creation
At CBS MoneyWatch, why I haven't joined the loud calls for the Fed to engage in quantitative easing as a means of creating...
 
RussRoberts
RussRoberts posted a blog entry
More on the NewsHour
A number of folks have asked me (Sam Grove in the comments to this post, for example) for my impression of how the piece on the...
 
MarkThomaTypePad
MarkThomaTypePad posted a blog entry
Ben Bernanke's Final Exam
Ben Bernanke answers some questions: Sen. Vitter Presents End-of-Term Exam For Bernanke, by Sudeep Reddy, WSJ: Earlier this...
 
thepolitic
thepolitic posted a blog entry
Mark Carney and the aftermath of printing money
Canadians were told that we needed credit expansion last year. Now, we are told that household debt is a problem.
 
TomCerber
TomCerber posted a blog entry
Mark Carney and the aftermath of printing money
Canadians were told that we needed credit expansion last year. Now, we are told that household debt is a problem.
 
MarkThomaTypePad
MarkThomaTypePad posted a blog entry
"The Great Moderation: What Caused It and Is It Over?"
The paper below says that, contrary to what you might think, the Great Moderation is not over. What is the Great Moderation?...
 
MarkThomaTypePad
MarkThomaTypePad posted a blog entry
FOMC Press Release
The Fed's assessment of the economy is slightly more upbeat as compared to the press release after its last FOMC meeting, but...
10 days ago Economist's View | Topics: Economics, Monetary...
 
Michael
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Let's go "Ron Paul I'll be on Larry King tonight to debate Barney Frank on monetary policy. Hope you can tune in!" You bet!
 
Joe
Joe posted a tweet
Time person of the year: He didn't just reshape U.S. monetary policy; he led an effort to save the world economy
 
MarkThomaTypePad
MarkThomaTypePad posted a blog entry
Producer Prices Rise 1.8 Percent. Should the Fed be Worried about Inflation?
According to data released today, producer prices rose 1.8 percent last month. Should the Fed be worried about inflation? My...
 
Jose P
Jose P posted a blog entry
Exit strategy in play, subtle but true.
With the news of banks returning government rescue funds, our minds should be saying “quantitative tightening.”
 
i65c
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Goodbye :( "Samuelson, Friedman, and monetary policy" http://bit.ly/8miRR6 /via Paul Krugman
 
chamil
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Monetary Policy Review – December 2009: <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; ... http://bit.ly/6l9N20
 
MarkThomaTypePad
MarkThomaTypePad posted a blog entry
"We Face a Real Challenge in Dealing with that Feeling that the Crisis is Over"
Paul Volcker is interviewed: Interview with Paul Volcker, by Gabor Steingart, Spiegel: ...Spiegel: ...[E]ven though there are...
 
RussRoberts
RussRoberts posted a blog entry
End the Fed!
This great letter in today’s Wall Street Journal makes an important point:Reducing the Fed’s role to just...
15 days ago Cafe Hayek | Topics: Monetary...
 
MarkThomaTypePad
MarkThomaTypePad posted a blog entry
Paul Krugman: Bernanke’s Unfinished Mission
Because I was less confident in the ability of monetary policy to get us out of this mess than most, I called for fiscal policy...
16 days ago Economist's View | Topics: Economics, Monetary...
 
Yang Y
Yang Y posted a blog entry
Does Quantitative Easing cause inflation?
Quantitative Easing is essentially the creation of money.  As we live in a digital age, the money is not even printed any more...
 
MarkThomaTypePad
MarkThomaTypePad posted a blog entry
The Relationship Between Budget Deficits, Fed Independence, and Inflation
At MoneyWatch, some of the pressures the Fed might come under in the future if the government debt continues to rise, and the...
 
MarkThomaTypePad
MarkThomaTypePad posted a blog entry
Fed Watch: Structural and Cyclical
Tim Duy: Structural and Cyclical, by Tim Duy: For several months, I have been telling stories that decompose US economic...
 
Dr. Duru
Dr. Duru posted a blog entry
As Unemployment Finally Appears to Crest, Monetary Policy Reaches A Critical Juncture
Good (or not as bad as expected) economic news has typically garnered selling in the U.S. dollar and buying in the stock...
 
MarkThomaTypePad
MarkThomaTypePad posted a blog entry
"The Case for $6 Trillion More Monetary Stimulus"
Tim Duy passes this along: No Exit: The Case for $6 Trillion More Monetary Stimulus, by Joseph Gagnon, Peterson Institute for...
23 days ago Economist's View | Topics: Economics, Monetary...
 
RussRoberts
RussRoberts posted a blog entry
Calabria on Bernanke
Mark Calabria asks the right questions. An excerpt:The fact that Rep. Ron Paul’s bill to audit the Fed currently has 313...
23 days ago Cafe Hayek | Topics: Monetary...
 
RussRoberts
RussRoberts posted a blog entry
Sumner on Selgin
Over at The Money Illusion, Scott Sumner offers a very nice analysis of George Selgin’s important 1997 monograph, Less...
23 days ago Cafe Hayek | Topics: Inflation, Monetary...
 
MarkThomaTypePad
MarkThomaTypePad posted a blog entry
Fed Watch: Bubbles and Policy
Tim Duy discusses the type of bubble-popping strategy the Fed ought to pursue: Bubbles and Policy, by Tim Duy: The Wall Street...
 
MarkThomaTypePad
MarkThomaTypePad posted a blog entry
"The Wrong Jobs Summit"
Brad DeLong says the wrong people are meeting at the jobs forum: The wrong jobs summit, by Brad DeLong, Commentary, The Week:...
 
RussRoberts
RussRoberts posted a blog entry
Discrediting the Easy Crediting of Easy Credit
Here’s a letter that I sent earlier today to the Washington Post:Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke asserts – as if...
 
RussRoberts
RussRoberts posted a blog entry
Bob on Ben
Bob Higgs offers a reader’s guide to Bernanke’s Washinton Post op-ed.
27 days ago Cafe Hayek | Topics: Monetary..., Myths and..., Politics
 
RussRoberts
RussRoberts posted a blog entry
Open Letter to Ben Bernanke
29 November 2009Mr. Ben Bernanke, ChairmanFederal Reserve BoardWashington, DCDear Mr Bernanke:I had to down an extra mug...
 
Your Mortgage Planner
Your Mortgage Planner posted a blog entry
Why Mortgage Rates Are Back To All-Time Lows
The FOMC Minutes is a companion to the Federal Reserve's post-meeting press release. It's released 3 weeks after the Fed...
 
gilbertv67
gilbertv67 posted a blog entry
IMF Concludes Article IV consultations in Fiji
Taken from the International Monetary Fund website on this link. The statement raises concerns regarding :constraints on future...
 
Baltimoron
Baltimoron posted a blog entry
Fed Discretion and the “Rule of Law”
Image by wallyg via FlickrAm EconTalk podcast with Scott Sumner and this Division of Labour excerpt has me reconsidering the...
33 days ago Left Flank | Topics: Business/E..., Podcasts, Politics, USA
 
RobertN
RobertN posted a blog entry
Adam Smith Conversation : The Role of the Fed - Part II
Adam Smith is still rolling over in his grave! It appears that the populist movement to abolish the Fed is gaining some steam....
 
RayH
RayH posted a blog entry
Gill Marcus takes her first lashing from Cosatu
IT’S like a rite of passage for anyone appointed to a government job dealing with the economy and Gill Marcus was no...
 
svtuition
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Definition of Monetary Policy . What are Main Objectives of Monetary Policy ? Discuss its Instruments and Technique for Credit Control .
Definition of Monetary PolicyMonetary policy is that part of economic policy in which central bank controls the cost and supply...