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www.clevelandfed.org
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| | | | | The recent global financial crisis left governments in many advanced countries with very heavy debt burdens and their central banks with huge portfolios of government bonds. With many central banks today still facing policy rates that are uncomfortably close to zero, some may follow the example of Japan, which recently added a new long-term interest-rate target to its short-term target to give itself "yield-curve control." The Federal Reserve's foray into similar territory around the Second World War sug... | |
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www.brookings.edu
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| | | | | The Federal Reserve likely will need to push unemployment far higher than its 4.1 percent projection if it is to succeed in bringing inflation down to its 2 percent target by the end of 2024 according to this BPEA report. | |
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libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org
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| | | | | The debate about the natural rate of interest, or r*, sometimes overlooks the point that there is an entire term structure of r* measures, with short-run estimates capturing current economic conditions and long-run estimates capturing more secular factors. The whole term structure of r* matters for policy: shorter run measures are relevant for gauging how restrictive or expansionary current policy is, while longer run measures are relevant when assessing terminal rates. This two-post series covers the ev... | |
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salaryoptional.com
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| | | I've never been much into reading books. The last novel I read was probably required reading during a high school literature class. I'll occasionally pick up a biography, history, or business book. Since nerding out on personal finance, I've been scouring blogs, case studies, IRS code, etc on the subject, but The Simple Path to... | ||