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CONTEMPORARY ISSUES
  1. Monetary Policy Targeting
  2. Adaptive and Rational Expectations
  3. The Effectiveness of Monetary Policy
  4. The American Experience
  5. The Federal Budget Surplus
  6. Central Bank Independence
  7. The Value of Gold in Monetary Policy
  8. The Regional Effects of Monetary Policy
  9. Miscellaneous Issues
top    I. Monetary Policy Targeting

Targeting P*

P-star Revisited: Money Based Inflation Forecasts with a Changing Equilibrium Velocity, Athanasios Orphanides and Richard Porter, Finance and Economics Discussion Series (FRB BOG), 98-26, May 1998

Eliminating Inflation By 1995, David J. Stockton, Lawrence Slifman, and Peter M. Hooper, Special Presentation to the FOMC, 18 Dec 1989

Material for Special Presentation to the Federal Open Market Committee, David J. Stockton, Lawrence Slifman, and Peter M. Hooper, 18 Dec 1989

Targeting Net Free Reserves

The Taylor Rule

Inflation Targeting

top    II. Adaptive and Rational Expectations

Adaptive Expectations

The Adaptive Expectations Model, Douglas A. Ruby, The Digital Economist

Rational Expectations

Rational Expectations, Thomas J. Sargent, The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics

The Rational Expectations Model, Douglas A. Ruby, The Digital Economist

Models of Business Cycles, Robert E. Lucas, Jr., 1987

Rational Expectations and Inflation,Thomas J. Sargent, 1986

Rational Expectations and Economic Policy, Stanley Fischer, ed., 1980

Rational Expectations and the Theory of Price Movements, John A. Muth, Econometrica, 29-6, 1961, 315-35

top    III. The Effectiveness of Monetary Policy

The Announcement Effect: Evidence from Open Market Desk Data, Selva Demiralp and Oscar Jordá, Economic Policy Review (FRBNY), May 2002, 29

Commentary on Demiralp and Oscar Jordá, Charles L. Evans, Economic Policy Review (FRBNY), May 2002, 49

Monetary Policy Transmission to Residential Investment, Jonathan McCarthy and Richard W. Peach, Economic Policy Review (FRBNY), May 2002, 139

Commentary on McCarthy and Peach, Christopher Mayer, Economic Policy Review (FRBNY), May 2002, 159

Securitization and the Efficacy of Monetary Policy, Arturo Estrella, Economic Policy Review (FRBNY), May 2002, 243

Commentary on Estrella, Sonya W. Stanton, Economic Policy Review (FRBNY), May 2002, 257

Does Bank Capital Matter for Monetary Transmission? Skander J. Van den Heuvel, Economic Policy Review (FRBNY), May 2002, 259

Commentary on Van den Huevel, Jeremy C. Stein, Economic Policy Review (FRBNY), May 2002, 267

Financial Consolidation and Monetary Policy, William B. English, Economic Policy Review (FRBNY), May 2002, 271

Commentary on English, Ignazio Angeloni, Economic Policy Review (FRBNY), May 2002, 285

Assessing Changes in the Monetary Transmission Mechanism: A VAR Approach, Jean Boivin and Marc Giannoni, Economic Policy Review (FRBNY), May 2002, 97

Commentary Boivin and Giannoni, Mark W. Watson, Economic Policy Review (FRBNY), May 2002, 113

Credit Effects in the Monetary Mechanism, Cara S. Lown and Donald P. Morgan, Economic Policy Review (FRBNY), May 2002, 217

Commentary on Lown and Morgan, John C. Driscoll, Economic Policy Review (FRBNY), May 2002, 237

Recent Trends in Monetary Policy Implementation: A View from the Desk, Sandra C. Krieger, Economic Policy Review (FRBNY), May 2002, 73

top    IV. The American Experience

The American Experience, WGBH, Public Broadcasting Corp. of Boston

On the Causes of the Increased Stability of the U.S. Economy, James A. Kahn, Margaret M. McConnell, and Gabriel Perez-Quiros, Economic Policy Review (FRBNY), May 2002, 183

Commentary on Kahn, McConnell, and Perez-Quiros, Spencer Krane, Economic Policy Review (FRBNY), May 2002, 203

Part 7: British Financial Warfare: 1929; 1931-33: How The City of London Created the Great Depression, Webster G. Tarpley, Surviving the Cataclysm: Your Guide Through the Worst Financial Crisis in Human History, Dec 1996

top     V. The Federal Budget Surplus

The Phantom Surplus, Robert D. Reischauer, New York Times, 28 Jan 2000

Economic View: Federal Budgeteers Ponder a Multiple-Choice Surplus, Richard W. Stevenson, New York Times, 23 Jan 2000

top     VI. Central Bank Independence

Keeping Politics Out of the Fed, Daniel Altman, New York Times, 28 Nov 2004

Federal Reserve Independence and the Accord of 1951, Carl E. Walsh, Weekly Letter (FRBSF), 93-21, May 28,1993

Perspectives on Federal Reserve Independence -- A Changing Structure for Changing Times, Bruce K. Mac Laury, Annual Report (FRBMinn), 1976

Defending Central Bank Independence, Richard W. Fisher, remarks at Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, Mexico City, Mex., 7 Feb 2008

top     VII. The Value of Gold in Monetary Policy

Gold Prices, Joseph G. Haubrich, Economic Commentary (FRBClev), 1 Mar 1998

The Gold Standard: An Analysis of Some Recent Proposals, Joseph T. Salerno, Policy Analysis (Cato Institute), 16, 9 Sep 1982

top     VIII. The Regional Effects of Monetary Policy

Monetary Policy and the U.S. States and Regions: Some Implications for European Monetary Union, Gerald A. Carlino and Robert H. DeFina, Working Paper Series (FRBPhil), 98-17, 1998

The Differential Regional Effects of Monetary Policy: Evidence from the U.S. States, Gerald A. Carlino and Robert H. DeFina, Working Paper Series (FRBPhil), 97-12, 1997

Does Monetary Policy Have Differential Regional Effects? Gerald A. Carlino and Robert H. DeFina, Business Review (FRBPhil), Mar 1996

top     IX. Miscellaneous Issues

Monetary Policy in the Cold War Era, Mark S. Sniderman, Economic Commentary (FRBClev), Jun 1997

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