The federal reserve is not very constrained by the lower bound on nominal interest rates
I survey the literature on monetary policy at the zero lower bound (ZLB) and effective lower bound (ELB) to make three main points: First, the Federal Reserve’s forward guidance and large-scale asset purchases are effective monetary policy tools at the ZLB/ELB. Second, during the 2008–15 U.S. ZLB pe...
Main Author: | Swanson, E.T (Author) |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Brookings Institution Press
2018
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Online Access: | View Fulltext in Publisher |
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