This note provides a conceptual framework to organize discussions of the appropriateness of the monetary policy stance and presents tools that country teams can employ to measure, report, and evaluate ...

Monetary policy, which can broadly be described as either expansionary or contractionary, is set by central banks. In the case of the U.S., the Federal Reserve is the central bank.

Surveying Canadians. Now on to another important tool: surveys. Like other central banks, the Bank conducts a number of surveys with the financial sector.1 The results provide us with information on ...

Here are five monetary policy developments to track during the year ahead. 'Extent and timing' In its last meeting, the FOMC voted to reduce its benchmark rate by a quarter percentage point, to a ...

US policy uncertainty has rippled through rate-setting meetings across the world, as central bankers try to work out what a global trade war means for monetary policy. Stagflation fears are rising ...

Central banks should still be able to conduct monetary policy effectively and perhaps be even nimbler in a more decentralized financial system, according to the findings of a joint report released ...