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• Spirits, markets get a lift

  - 2007-09-19

  WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve's unanimous decision to slash a key interest rate Tuesday is a dramatic statement that the central bank will do whatever it takes to prevent turmoil in the financial markets and a steep downturn in the housing sector from pulling the country into recession. ...

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• Liquidity: what it is and why it matters.

  - 2007-07-17

  'Liquidity' isn't just techno-babble. It matters - and it can be measured. Chris Dillow "It's a liquidity-driven rally." This is the cliche of many market pundits. However, just because something is said by a pompous oaf does not make it wrong. Rises in global...

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• What remains of monetarism?(Statistical Data Included)

  - 2001-10-01

  13 In October 1979 the Federal Reserve, in an attempt to curb double-digit inflation, announced that it would place more weight on monetary aggregates in policy deliberations. This policy shift helped reduce inflation but sent the economy into a recession. Three years ...

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• What remains of monetarism?

  - 2001-10-01

  In October 1979 the Federal Reserve, in an attempt to curb double-digit inflation, announced that it would place more weight on monetary aggregates in policy deliberations. This policy shift helped reduce inflation but sent the economy into a recession. Three years later the Fed abandoned monetary targets and returned to...

  Tags: analysis, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Federal Reserve Board, FINANCE, income, inflation, Mayer, Nelson, U.S., upshot

• Limited commitment and central bank lending

  - 1999-10-01

  Central bank lending is widely regarded as a vital part of the public safety net supporting the stability of the banking system and financial markets. An independent central bank can provide liquidity to financial institutions on very short notice.l Indeed, central bank lending has been a prominent part of regulatory...

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• Limited Commitment and Central Bank Lending.

  - 1999-09-22

  Central bank lending is widely regarded as a vital part of the public safety net supporting the stability of the banking system and financial markets. An independent central bank can provide liquidity to financial institutions on very short notice. [1] Indeed, central bank lending has been...

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• Inflation threat could burst the U.S. financial 'bubble'.

  - 1999-07-15

  Rising interest rates may threaten otherwise favorable economic conditions in the U.S., according to the economists who presented their views at NAPM's 84th Annual International Purchasing Conference in San Diego. These views contrast with those expressed by the PMs comprising NAPM's manufacturing business survey...

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• Using the term structure of interest rates for monetary policy

  - 1998-07-01

  The term structure of interest rates, i.e., the yield curve, has long been of interest to monetary policymakers and their advisers. The transmission of monetary policy is conventionally viewed as running from shortterm interest rates managed by central banks to longer-term rates that influence aggregate demand. A central bank's leverage...

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• Using the term structure of interest rates for monetary policy.

  - 1998-06-22

  The term structure of interest rates serves both as a vital link in the transmission of monetary policy and as an indicator of inflation expectations. The term structure is used here in a new application to address the "policy in the pipeline problem." Likewise, a peso-problem interpretation involving inflation scares...

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• Economic trends

  - 1991-06-01

  ECONOMIC TRENDSNow it's official. The National Bureau of Economic Research - the organization that makes such designations - indicated that the recession began in July 1990. Already, GNP has declined sharply for two quarters in a row - 1.6 percent in the fourth quarter 1990 and 2.8 percent in the...

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