Monetary Policy

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Podcast Episode

The top economic issues in 2020

Stephanie Aaronson, Louise Sheiner, and Fred Dews

Friday, January 3, 2020

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Monetary Policy

How do we police currency wars and manipulation?

David Dollar and Mark Sobel

Monday, November 11, 2019

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Up Front

A risky mix: Looser financial regulations when monetary policy is easing

Nellie Liang

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

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Global Economy

October 2019 update to TIGER: Sliding into synchronized stagnation

Eswar Prasad and Ethan Wu

Sunday, October 13, 2019

Reports

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Revisiting the budget outlook: An update after the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019

Alan J. Auerbach and William G. Gale

Thursday, October 10, 2019

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Former Fed Chair Janet Yellen on why the answer to the inflation puzzle matters

Janet L. Yellen

Thursday, October 3, 2019

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Report

Has the dollar lost ground as the dominant international currency?

Eswar Prasad

Friday, September 20, 2019

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Report

Stress tests and the countercyclical capital buffer: the UK experience

Donald Kohn

Wednesday, September 4, 2019

Report

Fiscal policy with high debt and low interest rates

William G. Gale

Thursday, August 15, 2019

Blog Posts

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Africa in focus

An evaluation of the single currency agenda in the ECOWAS region

Aloysius Uche Ordu

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Up Front

What happens if Trump tries to fire Fed chair Jerome Powell?

Peter Conti-Brown

Monday, September 9, 2019

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Up Front

Lessons learned from the Argentine economy under Macri

Manuel Alcalá Kovalski

Thursday, September 5, 2019

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Donald Kohn

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The Robert S. Kerr Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

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Podcast Episode

Janet Yellen on monetary policy, currencies, and manipulation

David Dollar and Janet L. Yellen

Tuesday, February 19, 2019

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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

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Thursday, September 13, 2018

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Reports

Taming Japan’s deflation

The future of financial regulation

Unconventional monetary policy: How well did it work?

Robert V. Roosa Chair in International Economics

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development

The Robert S. Kerr Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

Policy Director - The Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy