Inside the Fed : monetary policy and its management, Martin through Greenspan to Bernanke / Stephen H. Axilrod.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Axilrod, S. H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).

Monetary policy--United States.

Monetary policy.

Banks and banking, Central--United States.

Banks and banking, Central.

Federal Reserve banks.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (234 p.)

Edition:

Rev. ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An insider's account of the workings of the Federal Reserve, thoroughly updated to encompass the Fed's action (and inaction) during the recent financial meltdown.

Contents:

Overview of policy management and managers

In Bill Martin's time

Arthur Burns and the struggle against inflation

The Miller interlude

Paul Volcker and the victory over inflation

The Greenspan years, from stability to crisis

Bernanke and the response to the great credit crisis

The Fed and its image

Concluding remarks

Appendix A: chronology of federal reserve system chairmen and U.S. presidents

Appendix B: key economic objectives and monetary policy indicators.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

0-262-29444-3

1-283-11925-0

9786613119254

0-262-29589-X

OCLC:

727952464