Tag: monetary policy

LIVE NOW: Reforming America’s Ailing Money Regime: A Hudson Institute Event

In a conversation held by The Hudson Institute at 3:00 p.m. ET on June 19, Brendan Brown, a non-resident senior fellow at Hudson Institute; Alex J. Pollock, senior fellow of Mises Institute; and Harold Furchtgott-Roth, former commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission and a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute; discuss the Biden administration’s monetary…


Reforming America’s Ailing Money Regime: A Hudson Institute Event

In a conversation held by The Hudson Institute at 3:00 p.m. ET on June 19, Brendan Brown, a non-resident senior fellow at Hudson Institute; Alex J. Pollock, senior fellow of Mises Institute; and Harold Furchtgott-Roth, former commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission and a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute; discuss the Biden administration’s monetary…


IMF Warns of Prolonged High Interest Rates, Urges Fiscal Tightening to Tackle Inflation

In a recent statement following its comprehensive assessment of U.S. policies, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) emphasized the need for the United States to maintain higher interest rates for an extended period to curb inflation. Additionally, the IMF urged Washington to adopt stricter fiscal measures to address the country’s mounting federal debt. Despite the U.S….


LIVE NOW: Federal Reserve Chair Powell, Former Chair Bernanke Speak About Monetary Policy at Fed Conference

Jerome Powell, chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and Ben Bernanke, former chair of the Board of Governors, speak about monetary policy at 11:00 a.m. ET on May 19 at the Thomas Laubach Research Conference hosted by the Federal Reserve. …


Federal Reserve Chair Powell, Former Chair Bernanke Speak About Monetary Policy at Fed Conference

Jerome Powell, chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and Ben Bernanke, former chair of the Board of Governors, speak about monetary policy at 11:00 a.m. ET on May 19 at the Thomas Laubach Research Conference hosted by the Federal Reserve. …


Canberra Must to Make the Hard Decisions Now to Control Inflation

Commentary Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor, Philip Lowe, has fired a warning shot over the bow of the federal treasurer by raising official interest rates another quarter of a percent this week to 3.85 percent. The hard work on inflation has to be done by the government which has access to a large number…


Canberra Must Make the Hard Decisions Now to Control Inflation

Commentary Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor, Philip Lowe, has fired a warning shot over the bow of the federal treasurer by raising official interest rates another quarter of a percent this week to 3.85 percent. The hard work on inflation has to be done by the government which has access to a large number…


Monetary Shocks Could Trigger ‘Negative Impacts’ on US Economy in 2023, 2024: Research

A new working paper stated that the U.S. economy could witness “substantial negative impacts” on real GDP, unemployment, and inflation in 2023 and 2024 based on previous monetary shocks since 1946. The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) recently published a paper co-authored by the University of California, Berkeley’s Christina and David Romer, titled “Does…


Crowding-Out: The Fed May Be Killing the Private Sector to Save Government

Commentary The Federal Reserve’s balance sheet reached its all-time high in May 2022. Since then, it was supposed to drop at a steady pace and shed $3 trillion by 2024. The normalization of monetary policy was built on the idea of a soft landing for the economy. However, the Fed may be killing the private…


The Federal Reserve Has Only Limited Tools for Monetary Policy

Commentary Recent turmoil in the banking sector has focused attention on the role of central banks, both in economies and in bank supervision and control.  This will discuss central banks, like the U.S. Federal Reserve, and some of the tools they use to implement their policies, which can be opaque to the average person. First,…