Authors:

  • N. Gregory Mankiw

Excerpt

In Fed Policy, the Exit Music May Be Hard to Hear. Gregory Mankiw, November 24, 2013, Opinion. "Is it time for the Federal Reserve to start its exit from the extraordinary set of policies it has pursued over the past few years? That crucial question is on the minds of the nation’s central bankers, as well as the stock and bond traders who follow the Fed’s every move. When Ben S. Bernanke and his Fed colleagues embarked on their policy of near-zero interest rates and large-scale asset purchases, they hoped that things would be back to normal by now. Unfortunately, events haven’t gone as predicted. Even though the recovery began more than four years ago, it has been..." Link verified August 21, 2014