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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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A state-level analysis of the Great Moderation

Owyang, Michael T.; Piger, Jeremy M.; Wall, Howard J. - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - 2007

the origin of the aggregate volatility reduction. We show that states with relatively high concentrations in the durable-goods …

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Near-rational exuberance

Bullard, James B.; Evans, George W.; Honkapohja, Seppo - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - 2004

monetary policy framework. Inclusion of judgement in forecasts can lead to self-fulfilling fluctuations, but without the …

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The efficient market hypothesis and identification in structural VARs

Sarno, Lucio; Thornton, Daniel L. - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - 2003

Structural vector autoregression (SVAR) models are commonly used to investigate the effect of structural shocks on economic variables. The identifying restrictions imposed in many of these exercises have been criticized in the literature. This paper extends this literature by showing that if the...

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Are government spending multipliers greater during periods of slack? evidence from 20th century historical data

Owyang, Michael T.; Ramey, Valerie A.; Zubairy, Sarah - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - 2013

A key question that has arisen during recent debates is whether government spending multipliers are larger during times when resources are idle. This paper seeks to shed light on this question by analyzing new quarterly historical data covering multiple large wars and depressions in the U.S. and...

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A new federal funds rate target series : september 27, 1982 - december 31, 1993

Thornton, Daniel L. (contributor) - 2005

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When did the FOMC begin targeting the federal funds rate? : What the verbatim transcripts tell us

Thornton, Daniel L. (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource],

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Regional disparities in the transmission of monetary policy

Owyang, Michael T. (contributor); … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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What explains the varying monetary response to technology shocks in G-7 countries?

Francis, Neville (contributor); … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Open market operations and the federal funds rate

Thornton, Daniel L. (contributor) - 2005

"The Fed's ability to control the federal funds rate stems from its ability to alter the supply of liquidity in the overnight market through open market operations. This paper uses daily data compiled by the author from the records of the Trading Desk of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York over...

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