Goodfriend Nominated to Fed’s Board of Governors – and more
The Trump Administration announced yesterday that Dr. Marvin Goodfriend has been nominated to the seat on the Federal Reserve’s Board …
Monthly Archives: November 2017
Reallocation supply shock plus low-target hardcore inflation rate targeting = disaster
Scott Sumner has a great new post on reallocation over at Econlog. He has an amazing mind to be able …
The Great Recession: An alternate view on “The Fed did it”
I’ve been on a vacation from work since last Tuesday and I am not scheduled to return until Thursday. Including …
Yellen Fed ends its stability accident with credibility issues
Over the last couple of years Scott Sumner has published posts from time to time on the MoneyIllusion that discuss …
Merkel needs to sleep in her own bed
In order to solve any problem, even the large and perplexing ones, the first step is to identify it as …
US Justice Department files suit to block AT&T/Direct TV merger with Time Warner
If you’re interested in reading the suit the Federal government has brought against AT&T to block its merger with Time …
Unbelievable denial
In the race for Alabama’s open US Senate seat, Roy Moore, the Republican nominee, has a bit of a problem. …
Bernanke’s temporary price level targeting proposal
I got a chance to read Ben Bernanke’s proposal for temporarily using price level targeting at the ZLB. Before I …
The Taylor Rule’s shelf life
While members of the Trump admin were shopping around the shortlist of potential nominees I offered this criticism of Taylor: …
D’s view: The “Russia investigation” continues and the blowback begins
Recently, three former Trump campaign officials were charged with crimes uncovered during the investigation into whether the Trump campaign conspired …
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