Monetary Policy

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Ben Bernanke

The housing bubble, the credit crunch, and the Great Recession: A reply to Paul Krugman

Ben S. Bernanke

Friday, September 21, 2018

Former Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke, former Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, and former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson discuss "10 Years After the Global Financial Crisis" in Washington, U.S., September 12, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RC14CF9B7250

Up Front

Ten years after the financial crisis: Reflections by Bernanke, Geithner and Paulson

Jeffrey Cheng and David Wessel

Wednesday, September 19, 2018

The Federal Reserve building pictured in Washington, U.S., July 16, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis - RC17D79ED940

Monetary Policy

Symposium: Monetary policy at the effective lower bound

Kristin J. Forbes, James Hamilton, Eric T. Swanson, and Janet L. Yellen

Friday, September 14, 2018

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Up Front

Comments on monetary policy at the effective lower bound

Janet L. Yellen

Friday, September 14, 2018

Reports

The Danish central bank, also known as Danish Nationalbank, is seen in Copenhagen, January 22, 2015. The Danish central bank cut its key policy rate on Thursday for the second time this week to defend the crown's peg to the euro after the European Central Bank unveiled a stimulus package that weakened the single currency. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer (DENMARK - Tags: BUSINESS) - GM1EB1N02TA01

Regulatory Policy

From the Great Moderation to the Great Recession and beyond: How did we get here and what lessons have we learned?

Donald Kohn

Friday, September 7, 2018

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Federal Fiscal Policy

GDP as a measure of economic well-being

Karen Dynan and Louise Sheiner

Friday, August 24, 2018

People are silhouetted against a backdrop projected with the picture of various currencies of money in this illustration taken April 4, 2016. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration - GF10000371149

Financial Institutions

Financial conditions and GDP growth-at-risk

Tobias Adrian, Federico Grinberg, Nellie Liang, and Sheheryar Malik

Friday, August 17, 2018

Workers box jars of pasta sauce at a plant run by Chelten House Products in Bridgeport, New Jersey July 27, 2015. The company produces private-label sauces, salsas and salad dressings for grocers such as Kroger, Whole Foods and Trader Joe's. As the Federal Reserve puzzles over what is holding back U.S. wages and productivity six years into the economic recovery, a pasta sauce company in New Jersey may offer some answers. Picture taken July 27, 2015. To match Insight USA-ECONOMY/LABOR REUTERS/Jonathan Spicer - GF20000007221

Federal Fiscal Policy

The measurement of output, prices, and productivity

Brent Moulton

Wednesday, July 25, 2018

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

Blog Posts

Up Front

Eight lessons for fighting the next financial crisis

Nellie Liang

Thursday, September 13, 2018

Editions of the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity are pictured

Brookings Now

Bernanke on the causes of the financial crisis, questioning how we measure potential economic output, and more new research in economics

Fred Dews

Thursday, September 13, 2018

A board at the New York Stock Exchange displays the closing numbers, October 19, 2007. Caterpillar Inc.'s warning that the housing slump was infecting the wider economy sent U.S. stocks tumbling by the most in more than two months, in a drop that was made more unnerving as it marked the 20th anniversary of the 1987 market crash. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES) - GM1DWKHAATAA

Ben Bernanke

Financial panic and credit disruptions in the 2007-09 crisis

Ben S. Bernanke

Thursday, September 13, 2018

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Events

2018

Sep

Past Event

Day 2: Responding to the Global Financial Crisis

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

Day 1: Responding to the Global Financial Crisis

10:00 AM - 5:00 PM EDT

Development Seminar | Indian monetary policy in the time of inflation targeting and demonetisation

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM IST

New Delhi, India

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A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, October 7, 2008. U.S. stocks slid on Tuesday as a sell-off in financial shares accelerated and fears mounted that the rapidly spreading credit crisis would drag the economy into recession. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES) - GM1E4A80CPY01

Up Front

Wessel’s Economic Update: 5 points on the 10th anniversary of the financial crisis

David Wessel

Friday, September 7, 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

David Wessel

Wednesday, May 9, 2018

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

Fred Dews

Thursday, March 1, 2018

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Monetary Policy

The housing bubble, the credit crunch, and the Great Recession: A reply to Paul Krugman

Ten years after the financial crisis: Reflections by Bernanke, Geithner and Paulson

Symposium: Monetary policy at the effective lower bound

Comments on monetary policy at the effective lower bound

Reports

From the Great Moderation to the Great Recession and beyond: How did we get here and what lessons have we learned?

GDP as a measure of economic well-being

Financial conditions and GDP growth-at-risk

The measurement of output, prices, and productivity

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

Blog Posts

Eight lessons for fighting the next financial crisis

Bernanke on the causes of the financial crisis, questioning how we measure potential economic output, and more new research in economics

Financial panic and credit disruptions in the 2007-09 crisis

Events

Day 2: Responding to the Global Financial Crisis

Day 1: Responding to the Global Financial Crisis

Development Seminar | Indian monetary policy in the time of inflation targeting and demonetisation

Related Books

The $13 Trillion Question

ECB Banking Supervision and Beyond

To the Edge

Multimedia

Wessel’s Economic Update: 5 points on the 10th anniversary of the financial crisis

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

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

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The real effects of the financial crisis

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The cyclical sensitivity in estimates of potential output

Why US multilateral leadership was key to the global financial crisis response

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The Hutchins Center Explains: The Phillips Curve