The Federal Reserve's policy framework is in flux, with credibility eroding after 4.5 years of missing its 2% inflation ...

Central banks shape the rhythm of the economy in many ways, from policy settings to money determinations that can have a ...

There has been a raging debate in the last 15 years about the efficacy of Monetary Policy. Raising interest rates during a period of Quantitative Tightening can suffocate banks and reduce the demand ...

Does “monetary policy” – in the form of interest rate adjustments – actually work? Can the Federal Reserve “tame” inflation by raising the Federal Funds Rate? The question arises today because despite ...

Central banks in late 2021 kicked off the steepest and most coordinated series of interest rate hikes in four decades to contain the postpandemic inflation outbreak (see Chart 1). Many economists ...

Monetary policy and fiscal policy refer to the two most widely recognized tools used to influence a nation's economic activity. Monetary policy is primarily concerned with the management of interest ...

Inflation expectations are an important factor in monetary policy decisions. And with actual inflation far off target in many countries around the world, there has been an increased focus on inflation ...

When you ask economists what they think about the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy, as in interest rates, a growing number of them will tell you that rates are restricting the economy too much right ...

Monetary policy is perhaps the most pivotal driver impacting foreign exchange (forex) because it influences the currencies in circulation. Following the Federal Reserve’s announcement of hike rates to ...

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 ...

Monetary policy is one of the most important tools available to a central bank for managing an economy. In India, it is conducted by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), and every two months, the RBI’s ...