Monetary policy describes the ways in which the central banks change the money supply in order to accomplish certain economic objectives. In the U.S. this is done by the Federal Reserve.

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Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams said Tuesday the current level of short-term interest rates should ...

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China's central bank will utilize a variety of monetary policy tools and adjust the intensity and timing of policies as appropriate, based on domestic and international economic and financial ...

Risk premiums (or credit spreads, as they are often called) are market determined. Any widening or narrowing of risk premiums is not something monetary policy can influence. But monetary policy can, ...

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CFR’s Global Monetary Policy Tracker compiles data from 54 countries around the world to highlight significant global trends in monetary policy. Who is tightening policy? Who is loosening policy?

The Federal Reserve doesn’t need to adopt a “Monetary Policy Rule.” Not only would the central bank shed the pretense of rules-based constraints on its power during times of upheaval and unc ...