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Booms & Busts, The Fed & Central Banks

Was Monetary Policy Loose During the Housing Boom?

David Beckworth/April 25, 2015June 19, 2022

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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Booms & Busts, Recommended Reading, The Fed & Central Banks

How the Fed Ended Up Fueling a Subprime Boom

George Selgin/April 17, 2015June 19, 2022

Plenty of writers have claimed that the Fed fueled the sub-prime boom by holding interest rates too low for too long after the dot-com crash.   But hardly anyone has tried to explain why it did so. Yours truly has taken a stab at it, together with his…

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