This article is a reprint of a speech given by William Poole, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, to the St. Louis Gateway Chapter of the National Association for Business Economics. In today's environment economic uncertainties abound both abroad and at home. In this article the...

This article was originally published in the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Open Market Policies and Operating Procedures-Staff Studies, July 1971. It is reprinted here as an addendum to these conference proceedings.

This article was adapted from a speech of the same title presented at the First Conference of the Monetary Stability Foundation at the Regional Office of the Deutsche Bundesbank, Frankfurt, Germany, December 5, 2002.

This article was originally presented as a speech at the Dyer County Chamber of Commerce Annual Membership Luncheon, Dyersburg, Tennessee, August 31, 2006.

A monetary policy rule is nothing more than a systematic decision-making process that uses information in a consistent and predictable way. In this article, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President, William Poole, critically examines past instances when policy failed to deliver price...

This article was originally presented as a speech to Market News International in New York, New York, September 28, 2007.

“Flation” is an article adapted from a speech of the same title presented before the International Mass Retail Association Leadership Forum, Scottsdale, Arizona, January 21, 2002.