Stanley Fischer’s Well-Timed Fed Exit
We're now living in the “Fischerian age of monetary policy,” which may prove, in its final stages, to be volatile indeed.
We're now living in the “Fischerian age of monetary policy,” which may prove, in its final stages, to be volatile indeed.
Trump can have the largest impact on the Fed since 1936. The question is whether he listen to his Goldman Guys, or return to his Fed-skeptic roots?
Many claimed that Fischer was an inflation hawk, but he was really a cheerleader for quadrupling of the Fed’s balance sheet and more.
Conti-Brown has, with considerable scholarship, exposed many grave problems with the Fed in a way that strengthens and supports the anti-Fed case.
It’s not just those cranky Austrians calling central bankers on the carpet these days. Everyone knows, is holding their breath, and hoping for the best.
If the Senate won't act on Audit the Fed, Senator Paul should change his approach and introduce another piece of legislation from his father’s archives.
Fannie and Freddie are rushing to finance the current rental boom, and package them as mortgage-backed securities. What could go wrong?
How do you stop the taxpayer subsidy to Wall Street while avoiding lighting the fuse to Bernanke’s inflation bomb?
If the Fed really intends to turn away from its easy-money policies, it has three options for doing it. All of them are risky.