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The Fed's Trying To Get the Party Started, So Why All the Criticism?

March 18, 2013, George L. Perry

Would Congress Care if the Federal Reserve Lost Money? A Lesson from History

February 26, 2013, Sarah A. Binder

[While quantitative easing by the Bank of Japan] may have an effect on the exchange rate, it is not the same as outright currency intervention. Moreover, the U.S. would be hard pressed to criticize Japan as the [Federal Reserve] has also resorted to quantitative easing to avoid deflationary pressures.

January 17, 2013, Mireya Solís, Reuters

Comments on “The Most Dangerous Idea in Federal Reserve History: Monetary Policy Doesn’t Matter”

January 5, 2013, Donald Kohn

Federal Reserve Independence in the Aftermath of the Financial Crisis: Should We Be Worried?

January 4, 2013, Donald Kohn

Monetary Policy in 2012: Further Disappointments in Growth; Further Innovations in Monetary Policy

December 20, 2012, Donald Kohn

How Long Will it Take to Get to 6.5 Percent Unemployment?

December 14, 2012, Michael Greenstone and Adam Looney, The Hamilton Project

History will have judged Ben Bernanke to have been an outstanding chairman who did what he had to do under extremely difficult circumstances.

October 31, 2012, Donald Kohn, Bloomberg

Unconventional Times, Unconventional Measures: A Conversation with Federal Reserve Board Governor Jeremy Stein

October 11, 2012

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Consensus on Monetary Policy at the Federal Reserve

September 13, 2012, Sarah A. Binder

Credible Commitments and the Federal Reserve

September 4, 2012, Sarah A. Binder

The Fed has the power to stimulate the economy. Perhaps that power is somewhat limited, but it can certainly do more than it is currently doing.

August 1, 2012, Justin Wolfers , Politico

My sense is that Republicans will be highly critical of the Fed if it pursues additional stimulus in any form. Venturing into mortgage markets beyond buying mortgage-backed securities seems to be a step too far into fiscal policy for Fed critics.

July 26, 2012, Sarah A. Binder, Bloomberg Businessweek

Is Bernanke’s Fed Poised to do More for the Economy?

June 20, 2012, Sarah A. Binder

Confirming by Supermajority: Another Look at Today’s Fed Nominations

May 17, 2012, Sarah A. Binder

The Case for Preserving the Federal Reserve’s Dual Mandate

May 8, 2012, Alice M. Rivlin

How Has Monetary Policy Changed in the Last 25 Years?

May 3, 2012

Congress, the Federal Reserve, and the Federal Open Market Committee

January 27, 2012, Sarah A. Binder

Monetary Policy in 2011: Unconventional and Necessary

December 14, 2011, Donald Kohn

New Brookings Papers on Economic Activity

September 23, 2011, Justin Wolfers

Practical Monetary Policy: Examples from Sweden and the United States

Fall 2011, Lars E.O. Svensson

Bernanke Speaks. But What Did He Say?

August 26, 2011, Justin Wolfers

Let's Twist Again: A High-Frequency Event-Study Analysis of Operation Twist and Its Implications for QE2

Spring 2011, Eric T. Swanson

The Top Economic Stories of 2010

December 23, 2010, Henry J. Aaron, Gary Burtless, Karen Dynan, Douglas J. Elliott, Donald Kohn, Adele Morris and Alice M. Rivlin

The Fed Uncloaked

December 7, 2010, Sarah A. Binder and Mark Spindel