Research and Commentary

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

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

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

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

Bernanke Speaks. But What Did He Say?

August 26, 2011, Justin Wolfers

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

@ Brookings Podcast: The Federal Reserve

November 19, 2010, Karen Dynan

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Needed: A Reasonable Discussion of Fed Policy

November 18, 2010, Karen Dynan and Donald Kohn

Is Obama Talking Down the Economy?

November 8, 2010, Karen Dynan

Federal Reserve Taking Action To Stimulate the Economy

November 3, 2010, Karen Dynan

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Quantitative Easing Won’t Turn Economy Around by Huge Amount

November 1, 2010, Donald Kohn

Should the Fed Make More Large-Scale Asset Purchases?

September 9, 2010, Karen Dynan

Fed Has Done Much, Can Do More, for the Economy

August 20, 2010, Karen Dynan