Current Federal Reserve Policy Under the Lens of Economic History: A Review Essay
17 Pages Posted: 19 Aug 2015 Last revised: 3 Jan 2019
Date Written: July, 2015
Abstract
This review essay is intended as a critical review of Humpage (2015), and it expands on the issues raised in that volume. Federal Reserve Policy during the financial crisis, and in its aftermath are addressed, along with the relationship to historical experience in the U.S. and elsewhere in the world.
Keywords: Monetary policy, economic history
JEL Classification: E4, E5, N1
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Williamson, Stephen D., Current Federal Reserve Policy Under the Lens of Economic History: A Review Essay (July, 2015). FRB St. Louis Working Paper No. 2015-15, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2646154
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