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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453791603321

Titolo

The road ahead for the Fed / / George P. Shultz [and eleven others] ; edited by John D. Ciorciari and John B. Taylor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford University, California : , : Hoover Institution Press, , [2009]

©2009

ISBN

0-8179-5003-6

0-8179-5008-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (242 p.)

Collana

Hoover Institution Press publications ; ; number 574

Altri autori (Persone)

TaylorJohn B

CiorciariJohn D (John David)

ShultzGeorge Pratt <1920->

Disciplina

332.1/10973

Soggetti

Federal Reserve banks

Electronic books.

United States Economic policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

part I. Think long / George P. Shultz. Policy principles : lessons from the Fed's past / Allan H. Meltzer. The market view : incentives matter / Peter Fisher. part II. Monetary policy in the financial crisis / Donald Kohn. Concerns about the Fed's new balance sheet / James D. Hamilton. The need for a clear and credible exit strategy / John B. Taylor -- part. III. Market-based mechanisms to reduce systemic risk / Myron Scholes. Policy issues facing the market for credit derivatives / Darrell Duffie. Should the federal reserve be a systemic stability regulator? / Andrew Crockett. Regulatory deficiencies and the bear stearns crisis / Michael Halloran. Why and how resolution policy must be improved / Richard Herring.

Sommario/riassunto

Expert contributors examine the recent actions of the Federal Reserve and suggest directions for the Fed going forward by drawing on past political, historical, and market principles. They explain how the Fed arrived at its current position, offer ideas on how to exit the situation, and propose new market-based reforms that can help keep the Fed on the road to good monetary policy in the future.