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Monetary Policy

Strengthening The Levees Against Unemployment And Rising Debt

Ann Pettifor | Posted 11.25.2009 | Business

Read More: Monetary Policy, Deficit Reduction, Debt, Unemployment, Federal Budget Deficit, Stimulus, Keynesian Economics, John Maynard Keynes, Economic Recovery, Paul Krugman, Recession, Business News
Ann Pettifor

Government must manage the federal budget in the same way that you manage your household budget. But in truth, the president must do the opposite.

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Ryan Grim

Fed Beaten: Bill To Audit Federal Reserve Passes Key Hurdle

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fed, Ron Paul, Barney Frank, Federal Reserve, Monetary Policy, Congress, Alan Grayson, Politics News

In an unprecedented defeat for the Federal Reserve, an amendment to audit the multi-trillion dollar institution was approved by the House Finance Comm...

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Why Sen. Dodd's Opposition to the Federal Reserve is Ill-Conceived

Georges Ugeux | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tarp, John McCain, Congress, Fdic, Hank Paulson, Liquidity, International Monetary Fund, Financial Reform, Senate Banking Committee, Ben Bernake, Federal Reserve, Monetary Policy, Chris Dodd, Democrats, European Central Bank, Frankfurt, Bank for International Settlements, Senate, Forum of Financial Stability, Treasury, Washington, Comptroller of the Currency, Central Banks, Sec, Global-Financial-Markets, Us, Sheila Bair, Republicans, Politics News
Georges Ugeux

Had Senate Banking Committee's Chairman Chris Dodd's proposal been effective before the crisis, where would we be today?

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Fed Regional Bank Heads: Congress Threatening Central Bank's Autonomy

bloomberg.com | Scott Lanman | Posted 10.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Charles Plosser, Barney Frank, Bernanke, Christopher Dodd, Federal Reserve, Monetary Policy, Banks, Thomas Hoenig, Regional Banks, Business News

Oct. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve regional bank presidents are trying to ward off congressional efforts to weaken their clout, saying the moves m...

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Next Stop: Inflation

James Berman | Posted 10.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Gdx, Depression, Gdp, Deflation, Federal Reserve, Fed, Cpi, Bernanke, Tips, Gold, Monetary Policy, Rising Inflation, Recession, Inlfation, Business News
James Berman

The market has had the biggest six month rally since the 1930s and stocks cannot go up forever. We can't time the sell-off, but we can prepare for one of its likely causes: inflation.

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No Good Times for Big Business -- They're Mad as Hell and Not Gonna Take It Anymore

Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 10.01.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Norman Bobins, David Chavern, Monetary Policy, Bank Regulation, Federal Oversight, Fiscal Policy, Obama Administration, Bush Administration, William Doyle, Executive’s Club of Chicago, Government Oversight, Economy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, The Private Bank, Recession, Chicago Business, Best Buy, Brad Anderson, Economic Recovery, Potash Corp, Privatebancorp, Chicago News
Esther J. Cepeda

Big Business is not as interested in making big plans or big money with big ideas as they are in blaming Washington for all that ultimately ails you.

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The G20 Summit: Hijacked by Neo-Liberalism

Marshall Auerback | Posted 09.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Monetary Policy, Imf, Obama, Surplus, Deficits, Neo-Liberalism, g20, Business News
Marshall Auerback

Government deficits are not an aberration; they are the norm. Our first (and possibly greatest) Treasury Secretary, Alexander Hamilton, called the national debt a "national blessing."

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Big Ben Again: Obama to Reappoint Bernanke as Fed Chairman

Jill Schlesinger | Posted 09.25.2009 | Business

Read More: Monetary Policy, Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, Bernanke Obama, Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke, Business News
Jill Schlesinger

By reappointing Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to another term, President Obama has chosen to dance with the devil he knows -- that's a good idea.

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The Babble Over Regulatory Reform, Cont'd

Robert Teitelman | Posted 07.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Politics, Wall Street, Obama Policies, Economic Policy, Tim Geithner, Regulation, Larry Summers, Monetary Policy, Robert Teitelman, Business, Glass-Steagall, Paul Volcker, Obama Administration, Business News
Robert Teitelman

Nobody just announces anything anymore. Before anyone in Washington can get lunch, it has to be leaked, briefed, previewed in speeches, summarized in ...

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It's the Global Economy (Stupid) -- or Is It?

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 05.09.2009 | World

Read More: G20 Summit, Global Economy, Nafta, European Union, Free Trade, Globalization, Global Financial Crisis, g20, Global Economic Crisis, Economy, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, United Nations, Fiscal Stimulus, Monetary Policy, Keynesian Economics, Economic Stimulus Package, Deregulation, World News
Mark Weisbrot

The contemporary idea of the "global economy" is based on a misapplied analogy to the historical development of national economies.

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Economic Meltdown or Back to Normal?

Hugh McGuire | Posted 04.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Politics, Debt, Financial Meltdown, Wealth, Economics, Inflation, Finance, Money, Stocks, Trade, Economic Crisis, Monetary Policy, Business, S&P, China, Business News
Hugh McGuire

The wealth of the past 10-15 years was illusory. The markets have in fact dropped back to where they "should" be.

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Economic Recovery -- Five Lessons from the Depression

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 01.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Economic Recovery, Milton Friedman, Keynes, Lessons From Depression, Economy, Bernanke, Monetary Policy, Great Depression, Business News
John Tepper Marlin

The Washington Consensus is that whatever measures are needed to ensure economic recovery should be taken. This is especially true of the incoming te...

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Fed Intervention: Whatever It Takes

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 01.05.2009 | Business

Read More: William McChesney Martin, Bray Hammond, Federal Reserve, Monetary Policy, Gold, Treasury, Ralph Young, Laurence Meyer, Business News
John Tepper Marlin

Chairman Martin would surely be stunned by the activism of today's Fed -- and the breadth of agreement that it is doing the right thing -- as it drops monetary napalm on dangerously frozen peaks of our financial system.

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The Urgent Case for a Big Stimulus

Jeff Madrick | Posted 11.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Monetary Policy, Federal Reserve, John Maynard Keynes, Milton Friedman, Stimulus, Wealth Effect, Fiscal Policy, Financial Crisis, Business News
Jeff Madrick

If we don't stimulate the economy, tax revenues will fall far faster and deficits rise, anyway. But they won't be the deficits of constructive investment. They will be the deficits caused by unnecessarily lost wealth.

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"Weapons of Mass Financial Destruction" at the G8 Summit

Max Keiser | Posted 07.14.2008 | Business

Read More: G8, Weapons of Mass Financial Destruction, Al Jazeera English, Monetary Policy, Inflation, G8 Summit, Monetarism, Business News
Max Keiser

I was on Al Jazeera live from Doha, Qatar Sunday talking about the G8 meeting, the U.S. dollar and weapons of mass financial destruction.

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When Incompetence Is Rewarded

Neil Grossman | Posted 10.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Federal Reserve, Economics, Monetary Policy, Financial Crisis, Business News
Neil Grossman

We are not terribly tolerant of failure. A CEO who disappoints investors and the markets often finds plenty of time to read by the fireside. A coach ...

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Dollar Rebound in 2008: A Fairy Tale?

Eben Esterhuizen | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Interest Rates, Dollar, Dollar Rebound, Fed Rate Cuts, Central Banks, Federal Reserve, Currency, U.S. Dollar, Monetary Policy, Business News
Eben Esterhuizen

Are traditional assumptions about the connection between growth and proactive interest rate cuts still valid if monetary policy fails?

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The Fed Finally Got It Right

Ron Insana | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Fed Cuts, Fed, Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, Monetary Policy, Business News
Ron Insana

The Fed will continue to cut interest rates until the markets are calm, financial institutions can lend again and the economy shows signs of life.

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Zimbabwe To Introduce New Currency As Record Inflation Continues

Al Jazeera | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Currency, Zimbabwe, Africa, Monetary Policy, Inflation, Home News

Zimbabwe is to introduce a new currency by the end of the year in an attempt to control the country's extreme rate of inflation, the governor of the c...

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