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Can monetary policy influence long-term interest rates?
Abstract: This Economic Letter argues that the Fed exercises significant influence on long-term rates. The key to reconciling this position with the empirical evidence resides in the gradual pattern of policy interventions characteristic of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC). This pattern, a likely reflection of the Fed's response to changes in economic activity in the long run (see Rudebusch 2002), is essential to understanding fluctuations in long-term rates.
Keywords: Federal Open Market Committee; Monetary policy; Interest rates;
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Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Part of Series: FRBSF Economic Letter
Publication Date: 2005
Order Number: 09