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Should the Fed Have a Financial Stability Mandate? Lessons from the Fed's first 100 Years
President Jeffrey Lacker and Research Publications Content Manager Renee Haltom explore the Fed's role in financial stability. Following the global financial crisis of 2007-08, the Fed has been given enhanced regulatory responsibilities to prevent future crises. However, most of the Fed's actions in pursuit of financial stability have historically come through emergency lending once crises are underway. The authors conclude that arguments in favor of emergency lending are based on erroneous readings of history. Instead, emergency lending may undermine financial stability, as well as the Fed's ...
Journal Article
President's message : Looking forward
Journal Article
President's Message: Hitting the Mark
Adresses the Fed's inflation target of 2%.
Journal Article
President's message: The limits of limiting financial innovation
Journal Article
President's message : Placing limits on Fed 'credit policy'
Journal Article
Limited commitment and central bank lending
Journal Article
The Fed-Bank Relationship Under Scrutiny
Working Paper
Money Market Fund Reform: Dealing with the Fundamental Problem
After the events in March 2020, it became clear to policymakers that the 2014 reform of the money market funds (MMFs) industry had not successfully addressed all associated stability concerns related to surges in withdrawals. In December 2021, the SEC proposed a new set of rules governing how money market funds can operate. A fundamental problem behind the instability of (some) money market funds is the expectation that backstop liquidity support will be provided by the government in the event of financial distress, along with the government's inability to credibly commit to not provide such ...