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Showing posts with label monetary policy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label monetary policy. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Why did the Fed raise the Federal Funds Rate?

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It appears they believe the economy has recovered to the point where it is warranted. There is political debate about whether this is correc...

The Federal Reserve increases the Federal Funds Rate

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2305 students will be looking at the executive branch and at economic policy making - especially monetary policy - over the course of the se...
Tuesday, November 10, 2015

From the New York Times: When Will the Fed Raise Rates?

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For our look at monetary policy. - Click here for the article . One of these days, the Federal Reserve tells us, it will decide to raise ...
Monday, November 9, 2015

From Federal Reserve Education.org: Monetary Policy Basics

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For this week in 2305 as we begin to look at economic policy: - Here's a link to the page . Some highlights:  What is monetary policy...
Thursday, September 19, 2013

What is the Fed doing to pump up the economy and why?

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More from Wonkblog : The Fed is doing two things right now to stimulate the economy. One is holding their interest rates pretty much at ...
Wednesday, May 22, 2013

From the Fiscal Times: Bernanke to Congress: I’m Not the Problem. You Are.

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For our continued look at congressional oversight - in this case one not involving the IRS. And this has the added twist of contributing to ...
Wednesday, December 12, 2012

The Federal Reserve to Hold Interest Rates Down Until the Unemployment Rate Goes below 6.5%

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Story in the NYT and Washington Post . This marks a significant shift for the Fed. It will no longer focus strictly on inflation. It will a...
Friday, September 14, 2012

QE3 announced

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Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernacke announced that the Fed will begin a third round of " quantitative easing ." This means that th...
Saturday, September 1, 2012

From the NYT: Fed Chairman Makes Case, in Strong Terms, for New Action

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For a future discussion of monetary policy, mostly in Govt 2305 and 2302. While the Congress has stalemated, the Federal Reserve still has t...
Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Fed to extend Operation Twist

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From the Washington Post : The Federal Reserve on Wednesday renewed a program designed to provide a push to economic growth amid a warni...
Friday, October 14, 2011

Deleveraging

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Despite the fact that overwhelming debt is held across the board and paying it down - deleveraging - seems to be necessary, doing so quickl...
Friday, December 3, 2010

Will Ron Paul Chair the SubCommittee That Oversees the Fed?

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Maybe : One important indicator will be who is chosen to lead the House subcommittee that oversees the Fed when Republicans take control o...
Monday, June 14, 2010

Ron Paul, Subcommittee Asssignments, and Investments

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Just in time for our discussion of committee assignments comes this Washington Post story on Ron Paul . As we saw in class, he a member of t...
Thursday, March 19, 2009

The Fed Purchases $1 Trillion in Treasury Bonds

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This is an example of a monetary policy : Having already reduced the key interest rate it controls nearly to zero, the central bank has incr...
Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Executive Action on the Economy

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After watching stocks tank around the world yesterday, while the markets took a day off due to MLK Day, the Federal Reserve attempted to to ...