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BEIJING – Fixated on inflation targeting in a world without inflation, central banks have lost their way. With benchmark interest rates stuck at the...
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Very soon after the magnitude of the 2008 financial crisis became clear, a lively debate began about whether central banks and regulators could –...
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New books outlines why Fed took actions during bailout
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Janet Yellen’s speech on September 24 at the University of Massachusetts clearly indicated that she and the majority of the members of the Federal...
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BERKELEY – On August 11, China devalued its currency by 2% and modestly reformed its exchange-rate system. This was no earth-shattering event, but financial...
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Joseph Stiglitz asks why US policymakers are considering an interest-rate hike at a time of below-target inflation.
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CAMBRIDGE – China’s current economic woes have largely been viewed through a single lens: the government’s failure to let the market operate. But that...
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LONDON – In 1993, the economists Alberto Alesina and Larry Summers published a seminal paper that argued that central bank independence keeps inflation in...
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MONTEVIDEO – Central bankers continue to fret about frothy asset markets – as well they should, given the financial crisis of 2008-2009. Having been...
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The prospect that the US Federal Reserve will start exiting zero policy rates later this year has fueled growing fear of renewed volatility in...