In an article in the Wall Street Journal in June 2019, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

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In an article in the Wall Street Journal in June 2019, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard was quoted as remarking, “If you try to make changes [to monetary policy] on the fly, that’s always very difficult.”

a. What did Bullard mean when he spoke of making changes to monetary policy “on the fly”? 

b. Why might making changes to monetary policy on the fly be undesirable? 

c. Why was the Fed considering changing its monetary policy in mid-2019? 

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Economics

ISBN: 9780135957554

8th Edition

Authors: Glenn Hubbard, Anthony Patrick O Brien

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