Current Federal Reserve Policy Under the Lens of Economic History: A Review Essay

17 Pages Posted: 19 Aug 2015 Last revised: 3 Jan 2019

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Stephen D. Williamson

Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

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

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

Stephen D. Williamson (Contact Author)

Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis ( email )

P.O. Box 442
St. Louis, MO 63166-0442
United States

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