kudlowsmoneypolitics.blogspot.com - 12/17/2008
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In a monetary version of shock-and-awe, the Federal Reserve unleashed a massive easing move with its FOMC policy announcement Tuesday -- one that represents a sea change in central-bank operations. For starters, Bernanke & Co. established a new target range for the federal funds rate of ...
econbrowser.com - 12/22/2008
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Here I survey how we got here, where
things currently stand, and what it all means. Let...
me begin by reviewing some first principles of what the Fed is all about. How did the cash currently in your wallet get there? You withdrew it from an ATM, ...
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Federal Reserve balance sheet
online.wsj.com - 12/23/2008
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ROBERT E. LUCAS JR. The Federal Reserve's lowering
of interest rates last Tuesday was welcome, but it...
was also received with skepticism. Once the federal-funds rate is reduced to zero, or near zero, doesn't this mean that monetary policy has gone as ...
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Ben Bernanke Is the Best Stimulus Right Now
econbrowser.com - 12/16/2008
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Today's announcement from the Federal Reserve marks the
end of the road for Plan A (fighting the...
recession by lowering interest rates), and the beginning of ... what? The Fed's announcement begins : The Federal Open Market Committee decided ...
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Quantitative easing
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Bernanke & Co. is Locked and Loaded - Larry Kudlow, Money Politic$
Tax Plan Would Help Grow State's Economy - Mark Sanford, Greenville News
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Progressive Policies Will Cause Economic Regression - Pete du Pont, WSJ
When My Recession Becomes Your Great Depression - Amity Shlaes, Bloomberg
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The Economist: Full print edition 12/18/2008
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