Ezra Klein Archive: Federal Reserve

Bernanke tries to reassure the GOP

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is testifying for the first time before Rep. Paul Ryan's Budget Committee today, and his prepared remarks are worth a read. Message? Nothing much to see here. Inflation is low, employment is depressed, and...

By Ezra Klein | February 9, 2011; 11:21 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (19)
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Monetary policy in fiction

"It’s too bad, " writes Matthew Yglesias, that "'You Shall Know Our Velocity' isn’t a novel about monetary policy." That got me wondering about whether there are any novels about monetary policy. Some believe 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz' is...

By Ezra Klein | December 29, 2010; 8:47 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (9)
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'What is their model?'

Paul Krugman responds to the conservative mobilization against the Federal Reserve: I know what my model is: I believe we’re suffering from a severe deleveraging shock, in which the immediate problem is to get someone to make up for the...

By Ezra Klein | November 16, 2010; 2:43 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (11)
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Overspent?

This post from Alison Schrager is beautiful in that its opening paragraph is so absolutely and perfectly wrong.

By Karl Smith | November 4, 2010; 3:05 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (19)
Categories: Economics, Economy, Federal Reserve, Financial Crisis
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How much inflation is the market expecting?

You may have noticed some talk in recent days about Treasury selling inflation-protected bonds at a negative yield. This talk may have made your eyes glaze over. The short version is that it means investors think the Federal Reserve will...

By Ezra Klein | October 27, 2010; 11:10 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (10)
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Column: What Ben Bernanke needs to tell Congress

The worst word in Washington is "message." Whenever anything goes wrong, politicians begin blaming their messaging operations, as if a better-chosen sound bite by a more silver-tongued aide would have spared them the consequences of their actions. It's almost...

By Ezra Klein | October 22, 2010; 2:33 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (10)
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Older Entries in This Category »

China's Ben Bernanke, Ezra Klein , October 22, 2010

Why isn't monetary policy discredited?, Ezra Klein , October 19, 2010

Stiglitz vs. the Fed, Ezra Klein , October 19, 2010

Why the Fed's strategy won't work, Ezra Klein , October 18, 2010

Bernanke answers half the question, Ezra Klein , October 15, 2010

Diamond and Kroszner, Ezra Klein , October 12, 2010

The consequences of Central Bank inaction, Ezra Klein , September 30, 2010

The Federal Reserve and credibility, Ezra Klein , September 22, 2010

Federal Reserve won't help, won't explain why, Ezra Klein , September 21, 2010

The understaffed Fed, Ezra Klein , September 17, 2010

What the Fed is afraid of, Ezra Klein , August 19, 2010

What the Federal Reserve could -- but probably won't -- do, Ezra Klein , August 17, 2010

The reluctant Fed, Ezra Klein , August 17, 2010

Chris Hayes makes the case for a more aggressive Fed, Ezra Klein , August 17, 2010

Krugman on the Fed, Ezra Klein , August 13, 2010

Reading the Fed leaves, Ezra Klein , August 11, 2010

Fed-ology, Ezra Klein , August 10, 2010

What Bernanke could do for stimulus, Ezra Klein , July 26, 2010

Why the Fed is sitting on its hands, Ezra Klein , July 14, 2010

Categories of Fed action, Ezra Klein , July 8, 2010

Fed should be doing more, says Fed, Ezra Klein , June 14, 2010

Take the easy vote!, Ezra Klein , May 11, 2010

Should we 'Audit the Fed'?, Ezra Klein , May 6, 2010

Scrutiny for the Super Fed, Ezra Klein , May 5, 2010

Obama to name Fed appointees -- will anyone care?, Ezra Klein , April 29, 2010

Greenspan: It wasn't me., Ezra Klein , April 8, 2010

Federal Reserve could get powers Federal Reserve advisers don't think it should get, Ezra Klein , March 15, 2010

What the Obama administration could actually do about jobs, Ezra Klein , March 2, 2010

Federal Reserve concerned that economic growth could come back, Ezra Klein , February 10, 2010

If the Federal Reserve chairman falls in the forest and everyone is around to hear..., Ezra Klein , January 25, 2010

The Federal Reserve outearns Goldman Sachs, Ezra Klein , January 12, 2010

The Federal Reserve goes a bit more rogue, Ezra Klein , January 8, 2010

Federal Reserve beginning to pull back?, Ezra Klein , December 29, 2009

The fallible Federal Reserve, Ezra Klein , December 22, 2009

What should the Fed fear?, Ezra Klein , December 18, 2009

Ben Bernanke as 'Person of the Year', Ezra Klein , December 16, 2009

Want to read Ben Bernanke's homework?, Ezra Klein , December 16, 2009

Second-guessing the Fed, Ezra Klein , December 11, 2009

You've really got a hold on him, Ezra Klein , December 3, 2009

The Federal Reserve is not, and should not be, independent, Ezra Klein , November 24, 2009

Inflation and the Fed, Ezra Klein , November 20, 2009

The Perfect Fed Chairman?, Ezra Klein , August 25, 2009

Why Did Obama Reappoint Bernanke on His Vacation?, Ezra Klein , August 25, 2009

Not Who Should Lead the Fed, But How, Ezra Klein , August 14, 2009

For, And Against, Reappointing Ben Bernanke, Ezra Klein , July 27, 2009

The Problems With the Federal Reserve -- and Its Alternatives, Ezra Klein , July 23, 2009

Why Bernanke's Bad Day Is Actually Good, Ezra Klein , June 25, 2009

Does the Federal Reserve Want to Increase Inflation?, Ezra Klein , June 8, 2009

What Will Become of the Federal Reserve?, Ezra Klein , June 3, 2009

What Does Ben Bernanke Believe About the Financial Crisis?, Ezra Klein , May 29, 2009

Reading Lists of the Rich and Famous, Ezra Klein , May 28, 2009

Should Ben Bernanke Roll the Dice?, Ezra Klein , May 22, 2009

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