OP-ED. Olivier Garnier, the chief economist at the Banque de France, argues in an op-ed for Le Monde that central banks have ...

Learn how accommodative monetary policy by central banks expands the money supply and stimulates economic growth through lower interest rates.

Monetary policy influences inflation dynamics by exerting impact on a diverse array of commodity prices. At high frequencies, we show that a 10 basis points increase in US monetary policy rate reduces ...

E-money development has important yet theoretically ambiguous consequences for monetary policy transmission, because nonbank deposit-taking e-money issuers (EMIs) (e.g., mobile network operators) can ...

The Fed’s September 2023 decision not to change interest rates highlights two problems in monetary policy: time lags and uncertainty of economic models and forecasts. The good news is that we have ...

THE FEDERAL RESERVE is usually run by technocratic consensus. Today it has become a battleground. On September 17th the Fed cut interest rates for the first time since December, by a quarter of a ...

Surveys of professional economic forecasters and financial market data can reveal public perceptions about the future conduct of monetary policy. Current estimates suggest that both professional ...

As 2025 begins, the trajectory of U.S. monetary policy remains one of the most hotly debated topics in financial and economic circles. Following a tumultuous 2024 marked by persistent inflationary ...

Financial conditions indexes summarize a broad range of financial indicators with the goal of measuring how financial markets affect economic activity. Evidence from event studies with high-frequency ...

The RBI's monetary policy committee is meeting to review growth and inflation data, with GDP expanding robustly while inflation cools to a multi-year low. Experts are divided on whether this presents ...

Monetary policy refers to the actions taken by a central bank to manage the money supply and interest rates in an economy. Monetary policy refers to the actions taken by a central bank or monetary ...

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