Monetary policy guides inflation and economic growth. Learn what it means, the main types, and how central banks manage interest rates and stabilize the economy.

Financial markets play an important role in generating monetary policy transmission asymmetries in the US. Credit spreads only adjust to unexpected increases in interest rates, causing output and ...

Good evening and welcome to the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. It’s a special pleasure to have you with us. As Chairman Bernanke has noted, economics education is “a critical component of the ...

What’s more, economic theory suggests that the LCR may cut the money multiplier and squeeze the private-sector funding by banks to some extent (second part). Lastly, the operation of the money market ...

E-money development has important yet theoretically ambiguous consequences for monetary policy transmission, because nonbank deposit-taking e-money issuers (EMIs) (e.g., mobile network operators) can ...

Monetary policy refers to the actions taken by a central bank to manage the money supply and interest rates in an economy. Monetary policy refers to the actions taken by a central bank or monetary ...