Topic: Central Banking

“Monetarism Defiant” – Anna Schwartz on the Fed

– June 16, 2010

“Anna Schwartz must be the oldest active revolutionary on earth. Born in 1915 in New York, she can still be found nearly every day at her office in the National Bureau of Economic Research on Fifth Avenue, where she has been tirelessly gathering data s …

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“A Stable Price Level Standard for Federal Reserve Monetary Policy”

– June 16, 2010

“In a recent article in the Cato Journal dealing with the transparency of Federal Reserve monetary policy, Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) Chairman Ben Bernanke provided an authoritative account of current Federal Reserve strategy (Cato Journal, v …

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“Fed limits card fees to $25”

– June 15, 2010

“Most credit card penalties will be limited to $25 and fees for customers who don’t use their cards will be eliminated under rules released Tuesday by the Federal Reserve. The Fed also ordered a review of all credit card interest rate hikes imposed sin …

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“Politicizing the Fed”

– June 14, 2010

“For 97 years the 12 regional banks of the Federal Reserve system have operated relatively free of political interference from Washington. The looming financial reform bill threatens that independence, not least through an effort to impose new presiden …

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“AIG Bailout ‘Poisonous’ to Wall Street”

– June 11, 2010

“A Congressional watchdog sank its teeth into the Federal Reserve for its 2008 bailout of insurance crook AIG, calling the billion-dollar magic pill “poisonous.” The panel also criticized the Fed for not acting earlier, or tougher, with AIG for its cre …

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Controlling the Fed

– June 11, 2010

Blame goes to the Fed. They allowed a financial crisis due to lack of regulation and oversight of the banking/financial industry. At least that is the claim of today’s policy makers. While I may not disagree that the Fed holds much of the responsibilit …

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“Fed’s Plosser: Sustainable Economic Recovery Is Now Underway”

– June 11, 2010

“With a sustainable economic recovery now underway, policy makers will soon have to start thinking about pulling back their monetary stimulus to ensure inflation stays low and inflation expectations remain well-anchored, Philadelphia Federal Reserve Pr …

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“A Monetary Policy Simulation Game”

– June 11, 2010

The author presents a computer game that puts the player in the role of a central bank governor. The game is a stochastic simulation of a standard reduced form macro model, and the user interacts with this simulation by manipulating the interest rate.

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“Federal Reserve chief says U.S. budget on road to peril”

– June 10, 2010

“Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned Wednesday that “the federal budget appears to be on an unsustainable path,” but also recognized that an “exceptional increase” in the deficit had been necessary to ease the pain of recession. In nearly two …

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“Bernanke Says Fed to Take Necessary Steps on Growth”

– June 9, 2010

“Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said the U.S. central bank will act as needed to aid financial stability and economic growth after restarting emergency currency-swaps to help contain Europe’s debt crisis. ‘Our ongoing international cooperatio …

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“Treasury Three-Year Yield Rises From Near 2010 Low Before Sale”

– June 8, 2010

“Bernanke said yesterday at a Washington event that while the Fed will raise interest rates from a record low before the economy returns to “full employment,” officials don’t know when the process will start. The banking system isn’t fully healthy and …

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Financial Reform: Ready, Fire, Aim

– June 7, 2010

“Some quotes are too good to ignore, including the following one by my friend Mike Durante, founder of Western Reserve Hedge Fund in Dallas and a former Federal Reserve bank examiner.* ‘. . . some of us . . . have consistently referred to the hypocrisy …

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