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

The U.S. government and Fed are aligning fiscal and monetary policy to support markets ahead of the mid-term elections. Click ...

It is no secret that we have been fighting inflation that reached a 40-year high and the Federal Reserve Bank has embarked on a historic interest rate increase to combat inflation. Not only have they ...

Just as inflation eases and more economists bet on a soft landing for the U.S. economy, a new risk is emerging, a policy push and pull. The divide between fiscal and monetary policy is increasingly ...

This article discusses the big divergence between U.S. fiscal policy and U.S. monetary policy over the past year, and how that impacts various parts of the economy differently. It also takes a look at ...

The Federal Reserve has grabbed a lot of attention the past couple of years and for good reason: Investors are pinning their hopes on the central bank's monetary policy to beat down inflation and ...

When you ask economists what they think about the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy, as in interest rates, a growing number of them will tell you that rates are restricting the economy too much right ...

Learn how fiscal policy is shaped in the U.S., the roles of the President and Congress, and how these branches collaborate on ...

While monetary policy (the Fed) is working hard to slow the economy and control inflation, the fiscal authority (the Treasury and the Administration) is doing the opposite. According to the Wall ...

This paper employs two established macroeconomic models to show that fiscal policy in the euro area can help monetary policy in reducing inflation. Specifically, a fiscal consolidation of 1 percent of ...

The affordability crisis, especially in housing, health care and education, is not about Federal Reserve decisions.