Blog: Easy In, Hard Out (Updated)

The Aleph Blog 12 days ago

News: Easy In, Hard Out (Updated)

12 days ago - The Aleph Blog

My view is that there is no such thing as a free lunch, not even for governments or central banks.  Any action taken may have benefits, but also imposes costs, even if those ...

News: Bank holds fire on stimulus move

13 days ago - BBC News - Business

The Bank of England keeps its stimulus programme of quantitative easing unchanged and also holds interest rates at 0.5%.

News: US central bank to keep buying bonds

21 days ago - BBC News - Business

US central bank keeps interest rates steady and sticks to its quantitative easing bond-buying programme.

News: The risks of ultra-low interest rates

40 days ago - Forum:Blog

As policymakers and investors continue to fret over the risks posed by today’s ultra-low global interest rates, academic economists continue to debate the underlying causes....

News: No fresh stimulus measures from BoE

48 days ago - BBC News - Business

The Bank of England decides not to expand its stimulus programme of quantitative easing and keeps interest rates unchanged at 0.5%.

News: US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke , At The Department Of Economics And STICERD (Suntory And Toyota International Centres For Economics And Related Disciplines) Public Discussion In Association With The Bank Of England, London School Of Economics, London, United Kingdom - Monetary Policy And The Global Economy

58 days ago - News Articles

I'm very pleased to participate in this conference honoring my good friend Mervyn King. As Mervyn noted in a recent speech in New York, we had adjoining offices at MIT as youn...

News: 2013-16: Monetary Policy Statements, Treasury Yields, and Private Yields: Before and After the Zero Lower Bound

58 days ago - FRB Finance and Economics Discussion Series Working Papers

Michael T. Kiley. Monetary policy actions since 2008 have influenced long-term interest rates through forward guidance and quantitative easing - both "unconventional" strategi...

News: 2013-15: The Response of Equity Prices to Movements in Long-term Interest Rates Associated With Monetary Policy Statements: Before and After the Zero Lower Bound

58 days ago - FRB Finance and Economics Discussion Series Working Papers

Michael T. Kiley. Monetary policy actions since 2008 have influenced long-term interest rates through forward guidance and quantitative easing. We propose a strategy to ident...

News: Stock market rally: Reality or bubble?

61 days ago - Forum:Blog

Todd Glass on how conditions are not nearly as rosy as stock prices would indicate In October of 2007, the Dow Jones peaked at 14,164.53. A financial crisis, a sovereign debt...