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Nominal short term interest rates have been low in the United States, so low that some have wondered whether the federal funds rate is likely to hit its lower bound at 0 percent. Such a scenario, which some economists have called the liquidity trap, would imply that the Federal Reserve could no...
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In the spring of 2004, there was widespread expectation in financial markets that the Federal Reserve would shortly begin the process of raising its federal funds rate target back toward a more normal level. At the time, there was considerable concern that removing policy accommodation could...
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The marked rise in longer-term rates is reflected in a rise in both real rates and expectations for inflation.
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This paper studies when and by how much the Fed and the ECB change their target interest rates. I develop a new nonlinear bivariate framework, which allows for elaborate dynamics and potential interdependence between the two countries, as opposed to linear feedback rules, such as a Taylor rule,...
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In 2001, the Federal Reserve lowered the federal funds rate target more than it had in over 25 years, but long-term interest rates didn't budge. Has monetary policy become ineffective? Just the opposite, the authors argue. The stability of long-term rates shows that people don't expect inflation...
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