Good to Know: The Federal Reserve and U.S. monetary policy Alexandra Guisinger - January 15, 2024 The Fed is getting some good press. So what exactly is the Fed, and what does it do?
Biden reappointed Republican Jerome Powell to head the Fed. Why didn’t he pick a Democrat? Mark Spindel and Sarah Binder - November 23, 2021 Yes, Biden praises bipartisanship. But reappointing Powell also offers the White House some advantages.
The 4 challenges Jerome Powell will face in leading the Fed Mark Spindel and Sarah Binder - November 2, 2017 News outlets are reporting that President Trump will nominate Jerome
Here’s why the Iraq War may have helped trigger the financial crisis Henry Farrell - October 15, 2015 [caption id="attachment_30658" align="aligncenter" width="333"] (Courtesy Cambridge University Press)[/caption] Thomas Oatley
Why Congressional challenges to the Yellen Fed matter Sarah Binder - February 24, 2015 [caption id="attachment_21543" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] Fed chair Janet Yellen, heads to
Why our success in managing the banking crisis was the mother of failure Henry Farrell - January 22, 2015 [caption id="attachment_20376" align="aligncenter" width="329"] Hall of Mirrors (courtesy, Oxford University
Financial firms don’t need an inside job to get favorable Fed treatment Kindred Winecoff - September 30, 2014 [caption id="attachment_16333" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Henry Paulson, Ben Bernanke and Timothy
Financial firms don't need an inside job to get favorable Fed treatment Kindred Winecoff - September 30, 2014 [caption id="attachment_16333" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Henry Paulson, Ben Bernanke and Timothy
Political takeaways from the Federal Reserve transcripts - February 24, 2014 [caption id="attachment_7004" align="aligncenter" width="1383" special=""] The FOMC at work: Making
Why it matters what the public thinks about Janet Yellen Sarah Binder - February 11, 2014 [caption id="attachment_6413" align="aligncenter" width="606" special=""] Janet Yellen heads to the
What will be Bernanke’s political legacy? - January 29, 2014 [caption id="attachment_5927" align="aligncenter" width="640" special=""] The Federal Reserve in 1937:
What will be Bernanke's political legacy? - January 29, 2014 [caption id="attachment_5927" align="aligncenter" width="640" special=""] The Federal Reserve in 1937:
Democratic and Republican appointees to the Federal Reserve aren't that different, after all John Sides - November 15, 2013 [caption id="attachment_3137" align="aligncenter" width="614" special=""] Federal Reserve chair nominee Janet
Summers’ Fall - September 16, 2013 Larry Summers to President Obama (2013): Thomas Jones to President
If science tells you you can’t predict something, is it no longer science? James Fearon - September 2, 2013 The NYT ran an op-ed last week by philosophers of
Off to the Races: The Contest to Lead the Fed - July 30, 2013 After Congress revamped the Federal Reserve Act in 1935, construction
If You Give a State A Federal Reserve Bank (or two…) - June 19, 2013 What are the chances that both bank presidents-- one as
Partisanship in Everything: Views of the NSA’s Domestic Surveillance John Sides - June 11, 2013 From a new Washington Post/Pew survey: The shifting views of
Would Congress care if the Federal Reserve lost money? A lesson from history - February 24, 2013 On the heels of a prominent monetary policy conference last
The Congressional roots of the Fed’s new “Evans Rule” - December 12, 2012 That's Charlie Evans, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of
Consensus at the Fed - September 14, 2012 In a town so accustomed to polarization, today's consensus at
Credible commitments and the Federal Reserve - September 4, 2012 Political scientists, so far as I know, aren't typically on
Ron Paul’s (first and last) legislative hurrah: Auditing the Fed - July 26, 2012 “This is a way to shake your fist at the
Is Bernanke’s Fed poised to do more for the economy? - June 21, 2012 Oddly enough, the Federal Reserve's FOMC and UVA's Board of
Congress, the Fed, and the FOMC - January 26, 2012 Wednesday was a big day for the Federal Reserve and
Is This Time Different? Joshua Tucker - January 11, 2011 As "promised yesterday":https://themonkeycage.org/2011/01/collaboration_with_the_apsa_po.html, here is the first of two publically
Money and the Midterms: Are the Parties Over? Andrew Gelman - November 13, 2010 Thomas Ferguson's take on the 2010 elections: 2008 had all
Will Congress ever reform the Fed? - May 12, 2010 This week's Senate floor votes on the powers of the
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way (Back) to the Fed - January 31, 2010 Ben Bernanke begins his second term as chairman of the
Annals of Party Polarization John Sides - September 26, 2009 bq. You have no idea what you're asking me to
Partisan Bias: The Media and Scandal Joshua Tucker - June 25, 2009 Following on "John's post":https://themonkeycage.org/2009/06/partisan_bias_in_evaluations_o.html on how Republicans have taken a
Partisan Bias in Evaluations of the Supreme Court John Sides - June 24, 2009 Gallup has released data showing that partisan evaluations of the
The Effects of Partisanship: Ben Bernanke as a Natural Experiment? John Sides - April 14, 2009 Josh Tucker sends along a nice catch: bq. There is