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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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Is The Fed Manipulating the Market?
"We cannot just look at the Fed’s target rate to determine whether it is manipulating the market. We must consider…
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What’s the Harm in Raising the Inflation Target?
"In addition to increasing workers' real tax burden, raising the inflation target reduces workers' real wages by reducing the demand…
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