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About David Beckworth
David Beckworth is a Senior Research Fellow with the Program on Monetary Policy at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute, and a former international economist at the US Department of the Treasury. He is the author of Boom and Bust Banking: The Causes and Cures of the Great Recession and formerly taught at Western Kentucky University. His research focuses on monetary policy, and his work has been cited by the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, the New York Times, Bloomberg Businessweek, and the Economist. He has advised congressional staffers on monetary policy and has written for Barron’s, Investor’s Business Daily, the New Republic, the Atlantic, and National Review.
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Donald Trump's Real Influence on Fed Policy

David Beckworth/August 15, 2018August 15, 2018 /5 Comments

A lot of ink was spilled last month over President Trump's criticism of the Fed raising interest rates. Observers worried that those criticisms meant the President was prepared to directly meddle with U.S. monetary policy. But so far, at least, there’s no evidence that any such meddling has…

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Booms & Busts, The Fed & Central Banks

The Courage to Act in 2008

David Beckworth/October 9, 2015December 19, 2015 /1 Comment

    Ben Bernanke's memoir is now out and is unapologetically pro-Fed.  It is titled The Courage to Act.  Here is the cover quote:     The main point of Bernanke's book is that absent the Fed's interventions over the past seven years the U.S. economy would…

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News, The Fed & Central Banks

End the Fed's Guessing Game

David Beckworth/September 21, 2015December 19, 2015 /3 Comments

The FOMC decided last week against raising interest rates given its concerns about the global economy and financial conditions.  While these concerns are reasonable, the FOMC’s decision highlights a growing problem that has increasingly plagued the Fed since the crisis erupted: its incredibly ad-hoc approach to monetary policy….

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Booms & Busts, The Fed & Central Banks

Was Monetary Policy Loose During the Housing Boom?

David Beckworth/April 25, 2015December 19, 2015 /5 Comments

Did the Fed set its policy interest rate below the market-clearing or 'natural' interest rate level in the early-to-mid 2000s? Or did it simply lower its policy interest rate down to a depressed natural interest rate level during this time? The answers to these questions determine whether…

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