The federal reserve is not very constrained by the lower bound on nominal interest rates

I survey the literature on monetary policy at the zero lower bound (ZLB) and effective lower bound (ELB) to make three main points: First, the Federal Reserve’s forward guidance and large-scale asset purchases are effective monetary policy tools at the ZLB/ELB. Second, during the 2008–15 U.S. ZLB pe...

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Main Author: Swanson, E.T (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Brookings Institution Press 2018
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