Monetary Policy

Two women walk next to the Reserve Bank of Australia headquarters in central Sydney, Australia February 6, 2018. REUTERS/Daniel Munoz

Monetary Policy

Twenty-five years of inflation targeting in Australia: Are there better alternatives for the next 25 years?

Warwick J. McKibbin and Augustus J. Panton

Thursday, July 5, 2018

Currency India

Monetary Policy

When India killed off cash overnight

Bhaskar Chakravorti

Thursday, June 28, 2018

The Federal Reserve headquarters in Washington , DC

Up Front

Economic policy should be more boring

Alice M. Rivlin

Thursday, June 14, 2018

Dollar banknotes are seen in this picture illustration taken April 28, 2017. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration - RC112E6AE350

Monetary Policy

Why the Fed needs a new monetary policy framework

Lawrence H. Summers

Thursday, June 7, 2018

Reports

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Monetary Policy

Why the Bank of Canada sticks with 2 percent inflation target

John David Murray

Thursday, June 7, 2018

Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) participants gather at the Marriner S. Eccles Building in Washington, D.C., for a two-day meeting held on March 18-19, 2014.

Monetary Policy

Alternatives to the Fed’s 2 percent inflation target

Thursday, June 7, 2018

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Financial Institutions

How will FinTech and digital currencies transform central banking

Tuesday, April 17, 2018

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Developing Economies

April 2018 update to TIGER: The global recovery levels off as vulnerabilities rise

Karim Foda and Eswar Prasad

Sunday, April 15, 2018

The US Capitol Building is seen from the Congressional Visitors Center.

Monetary Policy

Well-designed stress test scenarios are important for financial stability

Friday, February 2, 2018

Blog Posts

Up Front

Digital currencies: Five big implications for central banks

Vivien Lee and David Wessel

Monday, May 21, 2018

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Up Front

A veteran central banker’s advice to Congress and the Fed on how best to preserve the Fed’s independence

Wednesday, May 9, 2018

Up Front

The Hutchins Center Explains: The yield curve – what it is, and why it matters

Michael Ng and David Wessel

Monday, April 16, 2018

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Events

How to reform the global monetary system: A pathway to action

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM EDT

A Fed duet: Janet Yellen in conversation with Ben Bernanke

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM EST

Should the Fed stick with the 2 percent inflation target or rethink it?

1:00 PM - 5:15 PM EST

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2015

To the Edge

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2015

Multimedia

Janet Yellen, former Federal Reserve Chair, speaks at a Brookings event, February 2018

Brookings Now

Janet Yellen on her love for economics, Greenspan’s “irrational exuberance,” and leading 19 Fed policymakers

Thursday, March 1, 2018

A security guard walks in front of an image of the Federal Reserve following the two-day Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) policy meeting in Washington, DC, U.S. on March 16, 2016.

Up Front

Former Fed policymaker Kocherlakota: Fed was—and still is—intellectually trapped by adherence to rules

Thursday, September 15, 2016

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Federal Fiscal Policy

Rules versus discretion: A reconsideration

Narayana Kocherlakota

Fall 2016

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