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Jerome Powell, NGDP target, nominal GDP, Federal Reserve, monetary policy
Economic Thought, Money & Politics, The Fed & Central Banks

2018: The Year of Nominal GDP Targeting?

Tate Lacey/March 7, 2018June 19, 2022

Alternative monetary policy targets continue to gain advocates. While Chair Powell was waiting to take over leadership at the Fed, internal support for rethinking the current inflation rate target was building. And while there are various possibilities to consider — such as raising the inflation rate target,…

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Yellen, inflation, Fed, zero lower bound, inequality, wage growth
Inflation & Deflation, Money & Politics, The Fed & Central Banks

The New Inflationists

Larry White/July 27, 2017June 19, 2022 /21 Comments

“Fed Up” is the name of a progressive initiative that describes itself as a coalition of “community-based organizations, labor unions, policy experts, and faith leaders…united in our call for a strong economy that works for everybody and a more transparent and democratic Federal Reserve." Its main organizer…

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Balance Sheet Normalization, FOMC, Interest Rates, Janet Yellen, IOER
News, The Fed & Central Banks

Shrinking the Balance Sheet: Where Fed Officials Stand

Tate Lacey/May 9, 2017June 19, 2022 /13 Comments

In March, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) signaled it could begin shrinking the Fed’s balance sheet sometime later this year. However, with limited official details about what that means and none forthcoming from last week’s FOMC press release, many questions remain: How will the Fed decide…

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balance sheet, Fleming, FOMC, normalization, Yellen, Selgin
Money & Politics, News, The Fed & Central Banks

Yellen's Balance Sheet Baloney

George Selgin/March 17, 2017June 19, 2022 /41 Comments

Of the many questions reporters asked Janet Yellen on Wednesday, at her press conference following the FOMC's decision to raise the Fed's policy rates, my favorite was the very first, posed by the Financial Times' U.S. Economics Editor, Sam Fleming. Here is Mr. Fleming's question: [You've stated that…

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financial freedom, monetary freedom, federal reserve, yellen, clinton, trump
Banking Regulation, Money & Politics, The Fed & Central Banks

The Election's Bearing on Monetary Freedom

George Selgin/November 8, 2016June 19, 2022 /2 Comments

No matter who wins this year's presidential election, believers in monetary freedom will have their work cut out for them. A newly-elected president Trump will quickly turn from making the Fed a scapegoat for his own campaigns' tribulations to blaming it for his economic policy failures —…

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