In a purely economic sense, inflation refers to a general increase in price levels due to an increase in the quantity of money; the growth of the money stock increases faster than the level of ...

Discover the differences, benefits, and impacts of fiscal and monetary policies on economic stability and growth.

Interest Rates Affect the Ability of Consumers and Businesses To Access Credit ...

This week will be chatty for Fed officials, with remarks scheduled from Federal Reserve bank presidents, governors and others. A topic that’s sure to come up: inflation and how tariffs might affect it ...

We investigate the impact of high frequency monetary policy shocks in Brazil using daily data and Rigobon’ s identification via heteroskedasticity. We show that positive changes in interest rates ...

Inflation may be down to the Federal Reserve’s target, if we subtract the effect of tariffs. Perhaps, then, the Fed can bring down interest rates more. That’s an implication of research at Harvard ...

Monetary policy might sound abstract, but you see its effect every day in rates, credit conditions, and market swings. When the central bank shifts its stance, client behavior often changes with it.