The Federal Reserve slashed the federal funds rate in response to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The full impact of the pandemic on the economy is still uncertain and depends on many factors.

This, she argues, is why conventional monetary policy no longer works as effectively as it once did. With nonbank financial intermediaries and capital markets playing a bigger role in lending and ...

Conventional monetary policy is at its limits, and massive government spending is necessary to stop the ongoing hemorrhage of jobs and shore up the economy, Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul ...

Monetary policy for cryptocurrencies is a game-changer — with fixed supplies and decentralized control, they challenge traditional monetary policy tools.

"Unconventional monetary policy measures cannot fully substitute for conventional monetary policy measures that control short-term interest rates," it concluded.

To keep monetary policy on its intended path, the FOMC should begin cutting its interest-rate target range. Monetary Policy in Theory and Practice The conventional view of monetary policy ...

South Korea’s central bank raised concerns as eight major banks advance plans for a joint won-based stablecoin venture.

Many people are worried that Trump might take an active role in the Fed's policies. The truth, though, is Fed independence has always been something of a myth.

This tool should therefore be used sparingly, after conventional monetary policy has proven ineffective, and only by a central bank that is independent, and whose independence is not threatened.

When central banks run out of conventional monetary policy tools, they still have some alternatives to spur economic growth. Quantitative easing (QE) allows a central bank to purchase longer-term ...

Conventional monetary policy, on the other hand, has more to do with a central bank's policy regarding interest rates.

The draft election manifesto of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's AK Party marks a return to more orthodox, free market economic policies, four sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.