The Political economy of American monetary policy

This collection of essays examines the institutional framework in which monetary policy is made. The essays consider two questions: how free is the Fed to set monetary policy and to what extent do organisational problems affect the choice of that monetary policy? Topics covered include the Fed'...

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Weitere Verfasser: Mayer, Thomas 1927- (HerausgeberIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1990
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Zusammenfassung:This collection of essays examines the institutional framework in which monetary policy is made. The essays consider two questions: how free is the Fed to set monetary policy and to what extent do organisational problems affect the choice of that monetary policy? Topics covered include the Fed's response to movements on its goals, Congressional and presidential pressures on the Fed, the existence of political business cycles operating through monetary policy, and the extent to which monetary policy may be explained by the Fed's own interests. A final section examines the claim that the Federal Reserve follows counter-cyclical policy and evaluates its performance as a lender to banks both in normal times and as a lender of last resort
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Beschreibung:1 online resource (x, 314 pages)
ISBN:9780511571947
DOI:10.1017/CBO9780511571947