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Monetary Policy as a Confidence Game

Posted on December 15, 2015 by Tony Lima

So why raise interest rates? The only explanation I can think of is signaling. By raising interest rates the Fed believes they can send a signal to markets about the Fed’s confidence in the economic recovery. The Fed is playing a monetary policy confidence game. Continue Reading →

Posted in Current issues, Economic policy | Tagged excess reserves, federal funds, monetary policy, required reserves, reserves

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TARIFF, n. A scale of taxes on imports, designed to protect the domestic producer against the greed of his customers. — Ambrose Bierce

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