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Mounting questions over Fed independence.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB239395
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The Fed reduced interest rates to 0-0.25% and almost doubled the size of its balance sheet to offset some of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the US economy but clear signs…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB256345
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Managing the Fed’s Balance Sheet
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB220899
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Fed Chair Jerome Powell said in late August that it is important to change the way people consider inflation, noting that when inflation is high, people and firms incorporate it…
Part of its policy tightening will involve reducing its balance sheet, which has expanded from just over USD4tn at end-2019 to almost USD9tn. The Fed stopped buying bonds last…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB267913
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US Federal Reserve policy.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB250103
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While Chair Jerome Powell cautions that full employment remains some way off, the Fed is considering how and when to wind down its asset purchases. It could give more guidance at…
The White House is considering whether to give Powell, a Trump appointee, a second four-year term. Replacing him would provide an opportunity to refresh Fed policy but recent…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB263726
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At its interest rate meeting on September 20, the Fed had brushed aside mounting concerns about persistently low inflation, announcing that it will begin to unwind its…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB224728
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The chance of a rates 'lift-off' at this meeting has receded recently due to heightened financial-markets volatility and global economic sluggishness. It currently stands at 30%…