The Monetary Policy of the Federal Reserve : a History.

The evolution of the monetary standard from the start of the Federal Reserve through the end of the Greenspan era.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hetzel, Robert L.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Series:Studies in macroeconomic history.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Dedication; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Preface; ONE The Pragmatic Evolution of the Monetary Standard; TWO Learning and Policy Ambiguity; THREE From Gold to Fiat Money; FOUR From World War II to the Accord; FIVE Martin and Lean-against-the-Wind; SIX Inflation Is a Nonmonetary Phenomenon; SEVEN The Start of the Great Inflation; EIGHT Arthur Burns and Richard Nixon; NINE Bretton Woods; TEN Policy in the Ford Administration; ELEVEN Carter, Burns, and Miller; TWELVE The Political Economy of Inflation; THIRTEEN The Volcker Disinflation.
  • FOURTEEN Monetary Policy after the DisinflationFIFTEEN Greenspan's Move to Price Stability; SIXTEEN International Bailouts and Moral Hazard; SEVENTEEN Monetary Policy Becomes Expansionary; EIGHTEEN Departing from the Standard Procedures; NINETEEN Boom and Bust 1997 to 2001; TWENTY Backing Off from Price Stability; TWENTY-ONE The Volcker-Greenspan Regime; TWENTY-TWO The Fed: Inflation Fighter or Inflation Creator?; TWENTY-THREE The Stop-Go Labor.