A Century of US Central Banking
Goals, Frameworks, Accountability
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14855261 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ben S Bernanke (Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, DC.), Ben Bernanke (Federal Reserve, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 3-16 |
| Publication date | 2013-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Economic Perspectives (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0895-3309 • E-ISSN: 1944-7965 |
| Publisher | American Economic Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1257/jep.27.4.3 |
| OpenAlex | W2060294850 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 29 |
Several key episodes in the 100-year history of the Federal Reserve have been referred to in various contexts with the adjective “Great” attached to them: the Great Experiment of the Federal Reserve's founding, the Great Depression, the Great Inflation and subsequent disinflation, the Great Moderation, and the recent Great Recession. Here, I'll use this sequence of “Great” episodes to discuss the evolution over the past 100 years of three key aspects of Federal Reserve policymaking: the goals of policy, the policy framework, and accountability and communication. The changes over time in these three areas provide a useful perspective, I believe, on how the role and functioning of the Federal Reserve have changed since its founding in 1913, as well as some lessons for the present and for the future
Accountability · Disinflation · Economics · Great Depression · Great Moderation · Great recession · Keynesian economics · Macroeconomics · Monetary policy · Political science · Economic, financial, and policy analysis · Global Financial Crisis and Policies · Law · Monetary Policy and Economic Impact
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,75 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2025 (12) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |