Some economists have claimed that “transparent” monetary policy in which the Fed operates predictably will lessen the chances ...

Discover M1 Money Supply, its components, calculation, and impact on the economy. Learn how it differs from M2 and M3, and ...

Financial conditions indexes summarize a broad range of financial indicators with the goal of measuring how financial markets affect economic activity. Evidence from event studies with high-frequency ...

Discover how monetarism impacts economic stability through money supply control, its key tenets, and how it compares to ...

Central banks in late 2021 kicked off the steepest and most coordinated series of interest rate hikes in four decades to contain the postpandemic inflation outbreak (see Chart 1). Many economists ...

It is no secret that we have been fighting inflation that reached a 40-year high and the Federal Reserve Bank has embarked on a historic interest rate increase to combat inflation. Not only have they ...

There is one big difference between Judy Shelton and your typical D.C. monetary policy wonk. She’s a “gold bug” who believes ...

This data series is part of the Center for Monetary Research. Market-Based Monetary Uncertainty provides daily indicators measuring the uncertainty about future short-term interest rates based on ...

In the spring of 2020, the Federal Reserve faced a challenge: The COVID-19 pandemic was upending daily life with shutdowns, social distancing, and heightened uncertainty, but the traditional economic ...

Alex Pron founded Crossover Capital to help entrepreneurs, RIAs and family offices develop a responsible plan to approach digital assets. You’ve undoubtedly heard the phrase “history repeats itself” ...

By Dr Theophilus ACHEAMPONG & Dr Stephen LARTEYThe Bank of Ghana’s 2025 annual financial results, released on 1 May 2025, ...