monetary policy

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Central bank ‘equity’ quest raises questions about non-traditional monetary tools

Central banks may direct chartered banks to increase lending to borrowers from underrepresented communities.


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Still moving toward markets 30 years after the Berlin Wall

Eastern Europe's socialist economies opted for different paths to market liberalization.


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The realities of central banking

President Trump’s recent attacks on the U.S. Federal Reserve underscore the important role central banks play in any economy.


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In the 1970s the Bank of Canada switched to monetarist money-supply targeting.


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The higher-than-expected inflation of the late-1980s was one reason the bank switched to inflation targeting.


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A phrase heard almost hourly at the conference was “this time is different.”