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Allan Meltzer, distinguished Professor of Economics at Carnegie-Mellon University, founder of the Shadow Open Market Committee, and author of a monumental multi-volume History of the Federal Reserve, passed away one year ago today, on May 8, 2017. Great minds like Meltzer’s are all too rare and, once gone, can never be replaced. No one possesses anything like Meltzer’s extraordinary command over economic theory, sweeping knowledge of monetary history, and astute political acumen. Read more here...
by John B. Taylor via CATO Journal
Over the past few years I have been making the case for moving toward a more rules-based international monetary system (e.g., Taylor 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016a, 2016b, 2017).
by Martin Feldstein via CATO Journal
The current focus of Federal Reserve policy is on “normalization” of monetary policy—that is, on increasing short-term interest rates and shrinking the size of the Fed’s balance sheet. Short-term interest rates are exceptionally low, and the Fed’s balance sheet has exploded from $800 billion in 2008 to $4.4 trillion now.
by Kevin Warsh via CATO Journal
I was honored to serve as a governor of the Federal Reserve System during the financial crisis. The times were tough, but the institution was strong—sustained by a Fed staff that was tired and tireless, hopeful and humble, brilliant without bravado.
interview with John B. Taylor via Bloomberg
Hoover Institution fellow John Taylor discusses US wage growth, how the Taylor Rule fits in with current US economic conditions, and he looks at inflation and the Federal Reserve's rate path.
featuring Allan H. Meltzer via Cato Institute
The world lost a great champion of liberty with the passing of Allan Meltzer on May 8, 2017, at the age of 89. A longtime Professor of Political Economy at Carnegie Mellon University, Allan was a prodigious worker who wrote hundreds of articles and more than ten books, including his monumental A History of the Federal Reserve and more recently Why Capitalism?