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Why the Fed Needs a Monetary Rule to Protect Its Independence

James Dorn/September 4, 2019January 2, 2020 /9 Comments

As the 2020 presidential election season heats up, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is being pushed from all sides. President Trump has castigated him for overly tight monetary policy and has implied that Powell is a “bigger enemy” than Xi Jinping.  Meanwhile, William Dudley, who recently headed…

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gold standard, commodity prices, inflation, volatility, Stephen Moore, Herman Cain, Jerome Powell, Judy Shelton
Commodity Money, Fiat Money, News, The Fed & Central Banks

On Targeting the Price of Gold

George Selgin/August 29, 2019January 2, 2020 /5 Comments

Thanks to President's Trump's picks for prospective Fed Board nominees, the subject of gold price targeting (or a gold "price rule") is getting attention once again. The idea, which got a lot of attention back in the 1980s, after Arthur Laffer  and other supply-siders, including Alan Reynolds,…

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Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, balance sheet normalization, monetary rules
Financial Markets, News, The Fed & Central Banks

Powell's "Patience" is No Substitute for a Sound Monetary Rule

James Dorn/April 1, 2019April 1, 2019 /3 Comments

Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s decision in December to raise the federal funds target by 25 basis points, to 2.25–2.50 percent, and to continue raising rates at least twice in the new year, upset financial markets. The Dow and S&P each dropped at least 8.7 percent, logging their…

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Jerome Powell, Federal Reserve, floor system, monetary policy
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The Fed Marches On

George Selgin/January 31, 2019August 26, 2021 /2 Comments

So it has come to pass. In his recent press conference, Chairman Jerome Powell has at last made official the Fed's plan to stick to its post-crisis "floor" system of monetary control, which uses changes in the interest rate paid on banks' excess reserve balances, rather than…

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Federal Reserve, Jay Powell, Jackson Hole, monetary economics, nominal GDP, NGDP targeting
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Powell's Jackson Hole Speech Should Give NGDP Advocates Optimism

Tate Lacey/August 29, 2018August 29, 2018 /2 Comments

Last weekend the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City hosted its annual symposium in Jackson Hole. Despite being the Fed’s largest annual event, the symposium has been “fairly boring” for years, in terms of what can be learned about the future of actual policy. This year’s program,…

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