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When Doing Nothing Is Doing Harm: Powell’s Misstep on Tariffs and the Neutral Rate
When asked last month at the European Central Bank’s annual forum in Portugal whether the Fed would have cut interest…
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Are Tariffs Really Inflationary?
The Trump administration’s Liberation Day tariffs were set to fully kick in on July 9, but the new duties on…
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There’s a New Sheriff at the Fed
Earlier this month, in her first public speech as the Federal Reserve’s Vice Chair for Supervision, Michelle Bowman laid out…
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Rethinking the Fed’s Framework: Lessons from the Post-Pandemic Inflation
The paper evaluates alternative frameworks and argues that the Fed should adopt either a nominal spending target or a symmetrical…
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Fed Holds Rates Steady Amid Economic Uncertainty
Yesterday, the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy committee kept the target range for its policy interest rate at 4.25 to 4.5…
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Waller Isn’t Flinching at Tariff Inflation — Here’s Why
In a recent speech delivered in Seoul, South Korea, Federal Reserve Governor Waller offered unique insights into how monetary policymakers…
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Fed Holds Steady as Tariff Storm Looms
The Federal Reserve’s monetary policy committee left the target range for its policy rate unchanged at 4.25 to 4.50 percent…
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Despite Uncertainty, Fed Holds Rates Steady
The Federal Reserve’s monetary policy committee left the target range of its policy rate unchanged at its March meeting on…
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Powell’s Revisionist History of Inflation Targeting
At a recent press conference, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell claimed that the Fed’s flexible average inflation targeting (FAIT) framework…
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Stop Blaming Algorithms: Political Scapegoats Won’t Fix Housing Problems
According to an issue brief recently released by the Council of Economic Advisers, dynamic pricing algorithms are reducing competition in…
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