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Monetary policy: why money matters, and interest rates don’t
Thornton, Daniel L. - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - 2012
rate. Money’s role in monetary policy has been tertiary, at best. Indeed, several influential economists have suggested … that money is irrelevant for monetary policy. They suggest that central banks can control inflation by (i) controlling a … rate in order to exert greater control over longer-term rates. I offer an alternative perspective: namely, that money is …
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The role of monetary policy in the current macroeconomic environment
Poole, William - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - 2001
Presentation to the National Association For Business Economics 43rd Annual Meeting, New York City - Sept. 10, 2001
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Central Bank Purchases of Private Assets
Williamson, Stephen D. - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - 2014
A model is constructed in which consumers and banks have incentives to fake the quality of collateral. Conventional monetary easing can exacerbate these problems, in that the mispresentation of collateral becomes more profitable, thus increasing haircuts and interest rate differentials. Central...
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Death of a theory
Bullard, James - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - 2012
"Death of a Theory," presented in St. Louis. January 13, 2012.
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Sneak preview: death of a theory
Bullard, James - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - 2012
"SNEAK PREVIEW: Death of a Theory." Presented at the Korea-America Economic Association, Chicago, Illinois. January 7, 2012.
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The Expected Inflation Channel of Government Spending in the Postwar U.S.
Dupor, Bill; Li, Rong - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - 2013
expected inflation, which in turn, reduces the real interest rate and leads to an increase in private consumption. This paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011027321
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The value of inside and outside money: expanded version
Bullard, James; Smith, Bruce D. - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - 2001
inside and outside money does and does not allow the economy to achieve a first-best allocation of resources. We also study …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005360600
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Modeling monetary economies: an equivalence result
Camera, Gabriele; Chien, YiLi - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - 2013
This paper offers a methodological contribution to monetary theory. First, it presents a model economy with cash-in-advance constraints, following the work of Lucas in the early 80’s; then, it specializes the model to preferences and shocks assumed in the Lagos and Wright (2005) framework....
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Rehypothecation
Andolfatto, David; Martin, Fernando M.; Zhang, Shengxing - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - 2014
Rehypothecation refers to the practice of re-using (selling or pledging as collateral) an asset that has already been pledged as collateral for a loan. We develop a dynamic general equilibrium monetary model where an “asset shortage” motivates the rehypothecation of assets. We find that in...
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Research in macroeconomics after the crisis
Bullard, James - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - 2011
Presented at the 19th Symposium of the Society for Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics, the Institute for International Economic Policy, Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University, Washington D.C.
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