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Discover how reflation policies like tax cuts and infrastructure spending stimulate economic recovery after a slowdown. Learn ...

For students, what a textbook says is ground truth. But for nearly 15 years, leading introductory economics textbooks gave students an outdated or incomplete explanation of how the Federal Reserve ...

Good evening and welcome to the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. It’s a special pleasure to have you with us. As Chairman Bernanke has noted, economics education is “a critical component of the ...

Surveys of professional economic forecasters and financial market data can reveal public perceptions about the future conduct of monetary policy. Current estimates suggest that both professional ...

As 2025 begins, the trajectory of U.S. monetary policy remains one of the most hotly debated topics in financial and economic circles. Following a tumultuous 2024 marked by persistent inflationary ...

Central banks in late 2021 kicked off the steepest and most coordinated series of interest rate hikes in four decades to contain the postpandemic inflation outbreak (see Chart 1). Many economists ...

Monetary policy is perhaps the most pivotal driver impacting foreign exchange (forex) because it influences the currencies in circulation. Following the Federal Reserve’s announcement of hike rates to ...

Jan 11 (Reuters) - Speculation is growing that the Bank of Japan could raise interest rates at its policy meeting on Jan. 17-18, although some market participants think it may wait a while longer. The ...

The European Central Bank (ECB) continues to shape the euro area’s economic landscape through its monetary policy decisions, research initiatives, and economic surveys. Recent publications from July ...