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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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Do productivity growth, budget deficits, and monetary policy actions affect real interest rates? evidence from macroeconomic announcement data

Kliesen, Kevin L.; Schmid, Frank A. - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - 2004

responds positively to surprises in labor productivity growth. However, we do not reject the hypothesis that the real long …

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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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Productivity measurement and monetary policymaking during the 1990s

Anderson, Richard G. (contributor); … - 2005

"The acceleration of productivity growth during the latter half of the 1990s was both the defining economic event of the decade and a major topic of debate among Federal Reserve policymakers. A key aspect of the debate was the conflict between incoming aggregate data, which initially suggested...

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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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Do productivity growth, budget deficits, and monetary policy actions affect real interest rates? : Evidence from macroeconomic announcement data

Kliesen, Kevin L. (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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Monetary policy in theory and practice : proceedings of the Twenty-Fifth Annual Economic Policy Conference of the Federal Reserve Bank of St.Louis

Thornton, Daniel L. (contributor) - 2001

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Monetary policy transparency : transparent about what?

Thornton, Daniel L. (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource], rev

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Whatś unique about the federal funds rate? : Evidence from a spectral perspective

Sarno, Lucio (contributor); Thornton, Daniel L. (contributor) - 2002 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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