Monetary Policy

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U.S. Economy

Who has to leave the Federal Reserve next?

David Wessel

Monday, August 8, 2022

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Up Front

Projecting the structure of US Treasury debt

Salil Mitra and Brian Sack

Wednesday, July 27, 2022

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Up Front

5 key takeaways on inflation, housing, and energy from the June CPI report

Chris Miller

Thursday, July 14, 2022

Reports

Essay

Lessons learned from monetary and fiscal policy during COVID-19

Robin Brooks and Jonathan Pingle

Wednesday, April 27, 2022

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Monetary Policy

Taking stock of the new Fed and ECB monetary policy frameworks

David Wessel and Eric Milstein

Friday, January 21, 2022

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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Economics

What did the Fed do in response to the COVID-19 crisis?

Eric Milstein and David Wessel

Friday, December 17, 2021

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Financial Regulation

Diversity within the Federal Reserve System

Peter Conti-Brown and Kaleb Nygaard

Tuesday, April 13, 2021

Report

Survey of academic and market observers gives high marks to Fed communications

Tyler Powell and David Wessel

Thursday, January 14, 2021

Blog Posts

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Future Development

Today’s global economy is eerily similar to the 1970s, but governments can still escape a stagflation episode

Jongrim Ha, M. Ayhan Kose, and Franziska Ohnsorge

Friday, July 1, 2022

Up Front

5 key takeaways on inflation from the May CPI report

Chris Miller

Friday, June 10, 2022

Up Front

What if the Federal Reserve books losses because of its quantitative easing?

William B. English and Donald Kohn

Wednesday, June 1, 2022

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Experts

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Multimedia

Podcast Episode

Could the fiscal and monetary policy response to the pandemic be repeated?

Robin Brooks, Jonathan Pingle, and David Wessel

Tuesday, July 5, 2022

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Introducing Recession Remedies, a podcast about lessons learned from the economic policy response to COVID-19

David Wessel

Wednesday, April 27, 2022

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Monetary Policy

Monetary policy and racial inequality

Alina Kristin Bartscher, Moritz Kuhn, Moritz Schularick, and Paul Wachtel

Wednesday, March 23, 2022

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Reports

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