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    San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President on Inflation Concerns

    San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Mary Daly discussed inflation and monetary policy tools during an event hosted by the Brookings Institution. Topics included lessons learned from…

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    Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on the Economy and Inflation

    Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell discussed the possibility of moderate interest rate increases and finding the right balance to lower inflation. Other topics included the labor market, wa…

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    Federal Reserve Vice Chair on Modernizing Financial Institutions

    Michael Barr, vice chair of the Federal Reserve, talked about the agency’s work to ensure financial institutions are protecting consumers and providing fair lending practices. Topics include…

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    Former Federal Reserve Chairs Ben Bernanke and Janet Yellen on the Coronavirus Response

    Former Federal Reserve Chairs Ben Bernanke and Janet Yellen took part in a virtual discussion with the Brookings Institution on monetary policy and the response to the coronavirus pandemic. …

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    Former Federal Reserve Chairs on Monetary Policy and the Economy

    Former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen was interviewed by her predecessor Ben Bernanke. They discussed Ms. Yellen’s career and gave their thoughts on monetary policy.

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    Interest Rates and the Economy

    Economic policymakers and analysts talked about the future of interest rates and their effects on the economy. They discussed the relationship between the equilibrium interest rate and the n…

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    Federal Reserve Interest Rate Policy

    Four former Federal Reserve employees talked about the domestic and global factors considered before raising interest rates. Other topics included what might happen interest rates are raised…

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    U.S. Monetary Policy, Part 2

    Matthias Doepke and Veronika Selezneva presented their paper on the impact of monetary policy on the distribution of wealth across households, “Distributional Effects of Monetary Policy,” wh…

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    U.S. Monetary Policy, Part 1

    Economists presented three papers the effect on inequality of the practice of “quantitative easing,” a policy in which the Federal Reserve purchases bonds in order to stimulate the economy. …

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    Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke on Monetary Policy

    Outgoing Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke talked about the work of the Federal Reserve System on its 100th anniversary. Topics included his handling of the financial crisis and the future …

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    Federal Reserve System

    Panelists discussed the economic policies of the Federal Reserve System on its 100th anniversary, focusing on the degree of independence of the central bank. All speakers took questions from…

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    Federal Reserve Policies and Regulation

    Panelists discussed the economic policies of the Federal Reserve System on its 100th anniversary. John Williams presented a paper on Chair Bernanke’s unconventional fiscal policies to fight …

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    Former Vice Chair Donald Kohn on the Federal Reserve

    Former Federal Reserve Vice Chair Donald Kohn talked about his experiences helping run the Federal Reserve system. Mr. Kohn held various senior economic positions within the Federal Reserve,…

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    After Words with David Wessel

    David Wessel talked about his book In Fed We Trust: Ben Bernanke’s War on the Great Panic (Crown Business; August 4, 2009). In his book the Pulitzer Prize-winning economics editor of the Wal…

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    In Fed We Trust

    David Wessel talked about his book In Fed We Trust: Ben Bernanke’s War on the Great Panic (Crown Business; August 4, 2009). In his book the Pulitzer Prize-winning economics editor of the Wal…

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    A Term at the Fed: An Insider's View

    Author Laurence Meyer talked about his book A Term at the Fed: An Insider’s View, published by HarperBusiness. Through accounts of his daily actions as a Governor of the Federal Reserve Boar…

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    What Does the Budget's Future Hold?

    The panelists addressed the future of the federal budget. The specific focus was how to handle “a great big emergency.” The Federal Reserves role in stabilizing the economy was discussed. T…

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