Monetary policy describes the ways in which the central banks change the money supply in order to accomplish certain economic objectives. In the U.S. this is done by the Federal Reserve.

This problem, which is by no means confined to dollarized economies, brings into question the policy of monetary targeting as opposed to, for example, relying on a wider set of indicators. Although ...

Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams said Tuesday the current level of short-term interest rates should ...

This article looks into the latest developments in U.S. monetary policy, the broader implications and the uncertain path ...

CFR’s Global Monetary Policy Tracker compiles data from 54 countries around the world to highlight significant global trends in monetary policy. Who is tightening policy? Who is loosening policy?

The Federal Reserve's monetary is well-positioned to achieve the central banks' maximum employment and price stability ...

It does this in several ways: Why would the Fed need to tighten liquidity? One example of hawkish monetary policy happened in 1980, when the Fed Funds rate hit an astounding 20%. Federal Reserve ...

Yet this is what matters most to policymakers. When setting monetary policy, for example, central bankers need to know the likely impact of changes in official interest rates on inflation and the ...

Recent research has identified periods when the Federal Reserve intentionally acted to slow inflation when it exceeded ...