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Bank of England, central bank independence, Quantitative Easing, savings glut, ZIRP
Money & Politics, Recommended Reading, The Fed & Central Banks

Have Central Bankers "Lost the Plot?"

Kevin Dowd/November 1, 2016June 19, 2022

Recently, the UK Daily Telegraph ran a remarkable Op-Ed written by William Hague, the just-retired Conservative politician and former UK Foreign Secretary. The title alone was startling: “Central bankers have collectively lost the plot. They must raise interest rates or face their doom.” Now I confess that…

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aggregate demand, credit booms and busts, natural rate of interest, secular stagnation, ZIRP. interest rates
Booms & Busts, Economic Thought, The Fed & Central Banks

Why are Interest Rates so Low?

Larry White/July 6, 2016June 19, 2022

Since the financial crisis of 2007-09, and especially in recent months, Europe and the United States have seen zero and even slightly negative short-term nominal interest rates, and sub-zero risk-free real interest rates (see the figure below). In June I participated in a conference on “Zero Interest…

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