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Public Policy Brief No. 128Από τα δίχτυα ασφαλείας στην οικονομική ενδυνάμωση
Τα προγράμματα κοινωνικής προστασίας περιλαμβάνουν δημόσιες πολιτικές που είναι σχεδιασμένες για να εμποδίσουν ή να απαλείψουν την ανασφάλεια και τη φτώχεια. Σε όλο τον αναπτυσσόμενο κόσμο, οι στρατηγικές κοινωνικής προστασίας και ο διάλογος γύρω από αυτές εξελίσσονται ραγδαία. Στο παρόν κείμενο πολιτικής, η Ράνια Αντωνοπούλου, Senior Scholar και διευθύντρια του προγράμματος για την ισότητα των […] -
There Could Still Be Runs on the Money Market Funds
Forbes, April 20, 2013. All Rights Reserved. The President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Erick Rosengren, suggested this week that there could still be runs on money market mutual funds, as took place at the peak of the 2008 financial crisis, since these funds have “no capital” and invest in uninsured short term […] -
The Wealthiest 20% Own 72%; The Poorest 20% Only 3%
Forbes, April 19, 2013. All Rights Reserved. The growing disparity in wealth made the great recession worse and the recovery weaker than ever before. This nation’s wealth disparity widened more than ever before over the last five years because of the steep decline in the value of residential homes and stagnant wages for the lower […] -
Treasury’s Miller: No Banks Will Be Bailed Out
MarketWatch, April 19, 2013. All Rights Reserved. WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) – No financial institution, regardless of its size, will be bailed out by taxpayers again, Treasury Undersecretary for Domestic Finance Mary Miller said Thursday. As a result of the Dodd-Frank bank regulatory reform, "shareholders of failed companies will be wiped out; creditors will absorb losses; culpable […] -
Inflation Is Very, Very Low. Time to Worry?
CNNMoney, April 19, 2013. All Rights Reserved. Prices aren’t going up very much. Should we celebrate? Not really. Inflation that’s too low could be a bad sign for the U.S. economy, and some Federal Reserve officials are starting to get concerned. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, St. Louis Fed President James Bullard pointed to the […] -
Fed’s Raskin: Accommodative Pol to Help Econ Cont Gain Traction
MNI | Deutsche Börse Group, April 18, 2013. All Rights Reserved. NEW YORK (MNI) – Federal Reserve Board Governor Sarah Bloom Raskin Wednesday underlined her support for ongoing aggressive push by the Fed to support economic growth, saying that it will help the recovery gain a more secure foothold, with the measures potentially becoming "increasingly […] -
Fed Policies Helping Low-Income Americans – Raskin
Reuters, April 18, 2013. All Rights Reserved. (Reuters) – Easy money policies are bringing some relief to lower-income Americans hard-hit in the recession and the easing could become increasingly potent as the housing market recovers, a top U.S. Federal Reserve official said on Thursday. In a speech on equality and the U.S. economy, Fed Governor Sarah […] -
Fed’s Raskin Asks Economists to Pay More Attention to the Poor
MarketWatch, April 18, 2013. All Rights Reserved. If economists focused more research on the experiences of less-advantaged households, they might gain new insight on the current struggles of the U.S. economy, said Federal Reserve Governor Sarah Bloom Raskin on Thursday. “It strikes me that macroeconomists are far from a comprehensive understanding of how wealth and […] -
Fed’s Raskin: Monetary Policy to Gain Potency as Housing Picks Up
The Wall Street Journal, April 18, 2013. All Rights Reserved. Federal Reserve stimulus aimed at spurring growth will likely grow more powerful as the housing market recovers further, but the trends that have fueled income inequality aren’t likely to change much, a U.S. central bank official said Thursday. “The accommodative policies of the [Federal Open Market […] -
Kocherlakota Warns of Consequences of ‘Mandate-consistent’ Lower Rates
CentralBanking.com, April 18, 2013. All Rights Reserved. The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Narayana Kocherlakota, said today that the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) will have to live with a "considerable period" of financial instability as the price of meeting the targets of its dual unemployment-price stability mandate. Speaking at the 22nd […] -
Kocherlakota Says Low Fed Rates Create Instability
The Kansas City Star, April 18, 2013. All Rights Reserved. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Narayana Kocherlakota said the central bank’s low interest rate policies, though necessary, will probably generate signs of financial instability. “Unusually low real interest rates should be expected to be linked with inflated asset prices, high asset return volatility and […] -
Fed’s Kocherlakota: Might Have To Keep Rates Low Next 5-10 Yrs
MNI | Deutsche Börse Group, April 18, 2013. All Rights Reserved. NEW YORK (MNI) – The Federal Reserve has lowered interest rates to support an economy battered by the 2008-2009 recession, however the weak macroeconomic outlook suggests the central bank’s actions have not been enough, and it has not lowered the real interest rate sufficiently, […]