The government charges the Federal Reserve with maintaining sustainable economic growth, high employment and stable prices. To achieve these goals, the Fed constantly monitors the economy, either ...

Discover how monetary policy impacts asset classes and learn strategies to optimize your investment portfolio during policy ...

Federal Reserve expansionary monetary policy increases the money supply by lowering interest rates so businesses and consumers can afford to borrow money more easily. The Fed also lowers reserve ...

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke Monday defended the easy money policies of the Fed and other major central banks and denied they are hurting emerging market nations. Bernanke also insisted ...

Considering the positive effects seen in the US, UK and Japan following the implementation of their highly expansionary policies, criticism has often been levelled at the ECB for not executing a more ...

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Paul Krugman has a long essay in The Guardian about the follies of expansionary austerity. This is the idea that reducing government expenditure (more accurately, reducing the deficit) in a recession ...

Treasury yields edged higher, and expansionary fiscal policies and resilient economies should result in higher risk premia across bond markets in 2026, Wellington Management said.

Many economists take for granted that the Federal Reserve has contributed positively to economic stabilization in the U.S., but its track record warrants a critical appraisal. Since the creation of ...

Gold recently surged to a record high, driven primarily by strong fundamentals and is likely to continue to witness positive price support due to global expansionary monetary policy. This should ...