ࡱ> #` xbjbj .ptttttttPoPoPoPoLpqsssstyu4umoooooo$hZtttttsseee tstsmemeettesq 4N.Po#em0ebeeptՑu0|"e7uuuOuuuHM!Mtttttt Readings from the Federal Reserve A Companion Volume to Money and Banking: A Policy-Oriented Approach Dean Croushore August 2007 Table of Contents Ch. Author Title 1 2 Garbade-Ingher The Treasury Auction Process: Objectives, Structure, and Recent Adaptations Kohn The Evolving Nature of the Financial System: Financial Crises and the Role of the Central Bank Elul et al. Recent Developments in Consumer Credit and Payments 3 Bryan Island Money Lotz-Rocheteau The Fate of One-Dollar Coins in the U.S. Dutu et al. The Tale of Greshams Law Gerdes et al. Trends in the Use of Payment Instruments in the United States 4 Schmid Stock Return and Interest Rate Risk at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac 5 Berlin Debt Maturity: What Do Economists Say? What Do CFOs Say? Haubrich Does the Yield Curve Signal Recession? Poole Understanding the Term Structure of Interest Rates 6 Kliesen-Schmid Macroeconomic News and Real Interest Rates Simon Kwan Inflation Expectations: How the Market Speaks 7 Gomme Why Policymakers Might Care about Stock Market Bubbles Furfine Earnings Announcements, Private Information, and Liquidity 8 Klee-Weinbach Profits and Balance Sheet Developments at U.S. Commercial Banks in 2005 Walter Depression-Era Bank Failures: The Great Contagion or the Great Shakeout? Gowrisankaran-Krainer Bank ATMs and ATM Surcharges 9 Strahan Bank Diversification, Economic Diversification? Bliss-Kaufman A Comparison of U.S. Corporate and Bank Insolvency Resolution Walter The 3-6-3 Rule: An Urban Myth? 10 Hotchkiss Changes in Behavioral and Characteristic Determination of Female Labor Force Participation, 1975-2005 Clark-Nakata The Trend Growth Rate of Employment: Past, Present, and Future Aaronson et al. The Decline in Teen Labor Force Participation 11 Teles-Zhou A Stable Money Demand: Looking for the Right Monetary Aggregate 12 Li-Yao Your House Just Doubled in Value? Dont Uncork the Champagne Just Yet! 13 Wright Introduction to Models of Monetary Economies II: The Next Generation Jeske Macroeconomic Models with Heterogeneous Agents and Housing 14 Groshen et al. U.S. Jobs Gained and Lost through Trade: A Net Measure Higgins-Humpage The Chinese Renminbi: Whats Real, Whats Not Chauvet-Yu International Business Cycles: G7 and OECD Countries 15 Carlson et al. FOMC Communications and the Predictability of Near-Term Policy Decisions Kahn The Greenspan Era: Lessons for the Future Schultz The Changing Role of the Federal Reserve 16 Hetzel How Do Central Banks Control Inflation? Furfine Discount Window Borrowing: Understanding Recent Experience 17 Bernanke The Benefits of Price Stability Boyd-Champ Inflation, Banking, and Economic Growth Craig-Rocheteau Rethinking the Welfare Cost of Inflation 18 Poole Inflation Targeting Yellen Enhancing Fed Credibility Fernald-Wang Shifting Data: A Challenge for Monetary Policymakers Chapter 2 The Treasury Auction Process: Objectives, Structure, and Recent Adaptations  HYPERLINK "http://www.newyorkfed.org/research/current_issues/ci11-2.pdf" http://www.newyorkfed.org/research/current_issues/ci11-2.pdf Kenneth D. Garbade and Jeffrey F. Ingher, Federal Reserve Bank of New York Current Issues in Economics and Finance, February 2005. Q1: What type of auction does the U.S. Treasury Department use to sell new government bonds? Q2: Why does the Treasury limit the bids that bidders may submit? What types of limitations exist? Q3: Describe the system the Treasury uses to deliver new government bonds. The Evolving Nature of the Financial System: Financial Crises and the Role of the Central Bank  HYPERLINK "http://www.federalreserve.gov/boarddocs/speeches/2006/200605182/default.htm" http://www.federalreserve.gov/boarddocs/speeches/2006/200605182/default.htm Donald L. Kohn, Speech at the Conference on New Directions for Understanding Systemic Risk, New York, New York, May 18, 2006. Q1: What financial innovations have enable intermediaries to diversity and manage risk better? Q2: Kohn argues that actions to prevent a crisis should not raise the odds of creating more problems in the future. In particular, the problem of moral hazard is a significant concern. What does he mean by moral hazard? Look this term up in the index of your textbook and write out a definition of the term, then explain what Kohn means by it in the context of this speech. Q3: Explain how the Federal Reserve has been working to reduce the chances of a systemic financial crisis. Recent Developments in Consumer Credit and Payments  HYPERLINK "http://www.philadelphiafed.org/files/br/Q1_06_ConferenceSummary.pdf" http://www.philadelphiafed.org/files/br/Q1_06_ConferenceSummary.pdf Ronel Elul, Joanna Ender, Bob Hunt, and James McGrath, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Business Review, First Quarter 2006, pp. 3543. Q1: Why is the Federal Reserve downsizing its check-processing operations? Q2: What is predatory lending, and when is it likely to occur? Q3: Is there empirical evidence that asymmetric information is a problem in loan markets? Chapter 3 Island Money HYPERLINK http://www.clevelandfed.org/research/commentary/2004/0201.pdf http://www.clevelandfed.org/research/commentary/2004/0201.pdf Michael F. Bryan, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Economic Commentary, February 1, 2004. Q1: Are Yap stones considered to be commodity money or fiat money? Why? What determined the value of Yap stones? Q2: As which of the functions of money (medium of exchange, etc.) did Yap stones serve? How well did they serve each of those functions? Q3: In what sense do Yap stones fit the description that money is memory? The Fate of One-Dollar Coins in the U.S.  HYPERLINK "http://www.clevelandfed.org/Research/Com2004/1015.pdf" http://www.clevelandfed.org/Research/Com2004/1015.pdf Sbastien Lotz and Guillaume Rocheteau, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Economic Commentary, October 15, 2004. Q1: How would eliminating paper dollar bills and replacing them with dollar coins save on costs of producing money in the United States? How much would the country save if it did so? Q2: Define the term network externalities and explain how the term is a relevant concept for dollar coins. Q3: What can we learn from the experience of other countries that replaced their bills with coins? The Tale of Greshams Law  HYPERLINK "http://www.clevelandfed.org/Research/Com2005/1001.pdf" http://www.clevelandfed.org/Research/Com2005/1001.pdf Richard Dutu, Ed Nosal, and Guillaume Rocheteau, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Economic Commentary, October 1, 2005. Q1: Describe what is meant by Greshams Law and briefly describe its historical origin. Q2: How can the government cause bad money to drive out good money by imposing an unrealistic rate of exchange between different monies? Q3: What is asymmetric information? How can it lead to bad money driving out good money? Trends in the Use of Payment Instruments in the United States  HYPERLINK "http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/bulletin/2005/spring05_payment.pdf" http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/bulletin/2005/spring05_payment.pdf Geoffrey R. Gerdes, Jack K. Walton II, May X. Liu, and Darrel W.Parke, Federal Reserve Bulletin, Spring 2005, pp. 180201. Q1: Why is the percentage of transactions that involve paper checks declining in recent years? What is replacing checks? Q2: Describe how the use of checks and electronic payments differs between the United States and other countries. Q3: How does the use of different payment instruments vary geographically within the United States? Chapter 4 Stock Return and Interest Rate Risk at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (PDF 378k)  HYPERLINK "http://research.stlouisfed.org/publications/review/05/01/Schmid.pdf" http://research.stlouisfed.org/publications/review/05/01/Schmid.pdf Frank A. Schmid, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, January/February 2005, pp. 3548. Q1: What are the two potential sources of interest-rate risk faced by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? Q2: How would a change in interest rates affect the value of the assets and liabilities of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? Q3: What are the authors empirical findings about the effects of changes in interest rates on the equity value of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? Chapter 5 Debt Maturity: What Do Economists Say? What Do CFOs Say?  HYPERLINK "http://www.phil.frb.org/files/br/Q1_06_DebtMaturity.pdf" http://www.phil.frb.org/files/br/Q1_06_DebtMaturity.pdf Mitchell Berlin, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Business Review, First Quarter 2006, pp. 310. RQ1: How might private information affect a firms choice about the maturity of its debt? RQ2: Describe the underinvestment problem and explain how it can affect a firms choice about the maturity of its debt. RQ3: Why do CFOs believe that they can time the market? Why are economists skeptical of that? Does the Yield Curve Signal Recession?  HYPERLINK "http://www.clevelandfed.org/Research/Com2006/0415.pdf" http://www.clevelandfed.org/Research/Com2006/0415.pdf Joseph G. Haubrich, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Economic Commentary, April 15, 2006. RQ1: Why is the yield curve thought to signal recession? RQ2: Why has the risk premium on long-term bonds declined since 1990? RQ3: Why would the degree of persistence in inflation affect the yield curves ability to forecast recession? Understanding the Term Structure of Interest Rates  HYPERLINK "http://research.stlouisfed.org/publications/review/05/09/Poole.pdf" http://research.stlouisfed.org/publications/review/05/09/Poole.pdf William Poole, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, September/October 2005, pp. 589596. RQ1: What is the term structure puzzle? RQ2: Why are long-term interest rates so sensitive to inflation expectations? RQ3: How is the term structure puzzle resolved by looking at forecasts of inflation and future short-term interest rates? Chapter 6 Macroeconomic News and Real Interest Rates  HYPERLINK "http://research.stlouisfed.org/publications/review/06/03/KliesenSchmid.pdf" http://research.stlouisfed.org/publications/review/06/03/KliesenSchmid.pdf Kevin L. Kliesen and Frank A. Schmid, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, March/April 2006, pp. 133-144. RQ1: How do the authors measure the real interest rate? Describe the main idea behind the securities used in the study. RQ2: Which macroeconomic news announcements seem to have the biggest impact on the real interest rate? RQ3: Do Federal Reserve monetary policy actions affect the real interest rate? Do Federal Reserve communications affect the real interest rate? Inflation Expectations: How the Market Speaks  HYPERLINK "http://www.frbsf.org/publications/economics/letter/2005/el2005-25.pdf" http://www.frbsf.org/publications/economics/letter/2005/el2005-25.pdf Simon Kwan, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Economic Letter, Number 2005-25, October 7, 2005. RQ1: What are TIPS and how do they work? RQ2: How can expected inflation be measured from the TIPS yield and nominal bond yield? RQ3: What are the drawbacks to using the TIPS yield as a measure of the real interest rate? Chapter 7 Why Policymakers Might Care about Stock Market Bubbles  HYPERLINK "http://www.clevelandfed.org/research/commentary/2005/0515.pdf" http://www.clevelandfed.org/research/commentary/2005/0515.pdf Paul Gomme, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Economic Commentary, May 15, 2005. RQ1: Why is average q used more often than marginal q in analyzing whether or not a firm should invest more? RQ2: How does Tobins q theory explain the connection of stock prices to the macroeconomy? RQ3: Why should policymakers care about stock market bubbles? Earnings Announcements, Private Information, and Liquidity  HYPERLINK "http://www.chicagofed.org/publications/economicperspectives/ep_1qtr2006_part3_furfine.pdf" http://www.chicagofed.org/publications/economicperspectives/ep_1qtr2006_part3_furfine.pdf Craig H. Furfine, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Economic Perspectives, First Quarter 2006, pp. 3954. RQ1: Why does order flow affect prices? Does research confirm this theory? RQ2: Describe the impact over time of the effect of a large stock trade on the stock price. A graph of a typical stock might be a useful way to show this. RQ3: How does the impact on a stock price of a stock trade differ between a normal day and a day on which a firm announces its earnings? Chapter 8 Profits and Balance Sheet Developments at U.S. Commercial Banks in 2005  HYPERLINK "http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/bulletin/2006/bankprofits/0606bankprofit.pdf" http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/bulletin/2006/bankprofits/0606bankprofit.pdf Elizabeth C. Klee and Gretchen C. Weinbach, Federal Reserve Bulletin, June 14, 2006, pp. A77A108. RQ1: In general terms, how did banks balance sheets change in 2005? In what areas did they gain business, and in what areas did their business shrink? RQ2: How did banks fare in terms of their profits in 2005? Did small, large, or very large banks have the highest return on equity? RQ3: How did the new bankruptcy law affect the profitability of credit card banks? Depression-Era Bank Failures: The Great Contagion or the Great Shakeout?  HYPERLINK "http://www.richmondfed.org/publications/economic_research/economic_quarterly/pdfs/winter2005/walter.pdf" http://www.richmondfed.org/publications/economic_research/economic_quarterly/pdfs/winter2005/walter.pdf John R. Walter, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Economic Quarterly, Winter 2005, pp. 3954. RQ1: What caused the number of banks to grow so rapidly from 1887 to 1921? RQ2: Why is contagion an incomplete explanation of bank failures from 1921 to 1933? RQ3: What is the evidence in favor of the view that overbuilding in the banking industry is the main reason for many bank failures from 1921 to 1933? Bank ATMs and ATM Surcharges  HYPERLINK "http://www.frbsf.org/publications/economics/letter/2005/el2005-36.pdf" http://www.frbsf.org/publications/economics/letter/2005/el2005-36.pdf Gautum Gowrisankaran and John Krainer, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Economic Letter, Number 2005-36, December 16, 2005. RQ1: What are the various fees that can occur as the result of an ATM transaction? RQ2: How did differences between ATMs in Iowa and Minnesota help shed light on the effects of ATM surcharging? RQ3: Do consumers care about ATM surcharges? Chapter 9 Bank Diversification, Economic Diversification?  HYPERLINK "http://www.frbsf.org/publications/economics/letter/2006/el2006-10.pdf" http://www.frbsf.org/publications/economics/letter/2006/el2006-10.pdf Philip Strahan, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Economic Letter, Number 2006-10, May 2006. RQ1: How has deregulation improved the cost efficiency of banks? RQ2: In theory, should bank deregulation cause local economies to be less volatile (with local output and employment becoming less sensitive to shocks) or more volatile? RQ3: What is the evidence on how the volatility of local economies changed after banking deregulation? A Comparison of U.S. Corporate and Bank Insolvency Resolution  HYPERLINK "http://www.chicagofed.org/publications/economicperspectives/ep_2qtr2006_part4_bliss_kaufman.pdf" http://www.chicagofed.org/publications/economicperspectives/ep_2qtr2006_part4_bliss_kaufman.pdf Roger Bliss and George Kaufman, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Economic Perspectives, Second Quarter 2006, pp. 4456. RQ1: In general, how does insolvency resolution in banking differ from that for other corporations? RQ2: If a bank becomes insolvent and is sold, in what order are the claimants paid? How does this order differ from other corporations? RQ3: Why is speed of the essence in closing insolvent banks? How does the speed of resolution differ between banks and other corporations? The 3-6-3 Rule: An Urban Myth?  HYPERLINK "http://www.richmondfed.org/publications/economic_research/economic_quarterly/pdfs/winter2006/walter.pdf" http://www.richmondfed.org/publications/economic_research/economic_quarterly/pdfs/winter2006/walter.pdf John Walter, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Economic Quarterly, Winter 2006, pp. 5178. RQ1: How did banks sidestep restrictions on branching? RQ2: What was regulation Q and how did it affect competition in banking? RQ3: Do aggregate measures of bank profits suggest that banks in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s had more monopoly power than in the 1980s and 1990s? Chapter 10 Changes in Behavioral and Characteristic Determination of Female Labor Force Participation, 1975-2005  HYPERLINK "http://www.frbatlanta.org/filelegacydocs/erq206_hotchkiss.pdf" http://www.frbatlanta.org/filelegacydocs/erq206_hotchkiss.pdf Julie Hotchkiss, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Economic Review, Second Quarter 2006, pp. 120. RQ1: What are three sources of change in womens labor force participation rates? RQ2: How can equations describing labor force participation be used to decompose changes in the labor force participation rate into changes in behavior and changes in characteristics? RQ3: What caused the labor force participation rate of women to decline between 2000 and 2005? The Trend Growth Rate of Employment: Past, Present, and Future  HYPERLINK "http://www.kansascityfed.org/PUBLICAT/ECONREV/PDF/1q06clar.pdf" http://www.kansascityfed.org/PUBLICAT/ECONREV/PDF/1q06clar.pdf Todd Clark and Taisuke Nakata, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Economic Review, First Quarter 2006, pp. 4385. RQ1: What three methods are used to estimate trend employment growth? Why is it useful to examine more than one method? RQ2: What factors must be considered in forecasting the growth rate of payroll employment over the next ten years? Why are the forecasts lower than the average growth rate of payroll employment since 1955? RQ3: What is the authors forecast for average monthly payroll employment gains for the next 10 years? How much uncertainty is associated with this forecast? The Decline in Teen Labor Force Participation  HYPERLINK "http://www.chicagofed.org/publications/economicperspectives/ep_1qtr2006_part1_aaronson_et_al.pdf" http://www.chicagofed.org/publications/economicperspectives/ep_1qtr2006_part1_aaronson_et_al.pdf Daniel Aaronson, Kyung-Hong Park, and Daniel Sullivan, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Economic Perspectives, First Quarter 2006, pp. 218. RQ1: Describe the recent trend in teen labor force participation rates. RQ2: Did teenage labor force participation fall because of lack of demand? Explain the evidence. RQ3: What are the main reasons why teens may be reducing their labor supply? Chapter 11 A Stable Money Demand: Looking for the Right Monetary Aggregate  HYPERLINK "http://www.chicagofed.org/publications/economicperspectives/ep_1qtr2005_part4_teles_zhou.pdf" http://www.chicagofed.org/publications/economicperspectives/ep_1qtr2005_part4_teles_zhou.pdf Pedro Teles and Ruilin Zhou, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Economic Perspectives, First Quarter 2005, pp. 5063. RQ1: What are the major factors that caused the demand for M1 to become unstable? RQ2: What is MZM and why is it a useful monetary aggregate? RQ3: Is the real demand for MZM more stable than the real demand for M1? How can you tell? Chapter 12 Your House Just Doubled in Value? Dont Uncork the Champagne Just Yet!  HYPERLINK "http://www.philadelphiafed.org/files/br/Q1_06_Housevalue.pdf" http://www.philadelphiafed.org/files/br/Q1_06_Housevalue.pdf Wenli Li and Rui Yao, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Business Review, First Quarter 2006. RQ1: Why might economists need to modify their models of savings and consumption in a world populated by homeowners? RQ2: How do renters, young homeowners, and old homeowners differ in their sensitivity to housing prices? RQ3: How do renters, young homeowners, and old homeowners differ in terms of the change in their welfare when housing prices change? Chapter 13 Introduction to Models of Monetary Economies II: The Next Generation  HYPERLINK "http://www.minneapolisfed.org/research/QR/QR2911.pdf" http://www.minneapolisfed.org/research/QR/QR2911.pdf Randy Wright, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Quarterly Review, October 2005, pp. 29. RQ1: What key questions are discussed in the paper by Kiyotaki and Moore? RQ2: How does Shi integrate both money and bonds into his model? RQ3: What does the author think are the most important areas for future research in modeling money? Macroeconomic Models with Heterogeneous Agents and Housing  HYPERLINK "http://www.frbatlanta.org/filelegacydocs/erq405_jeske.pdf" http://www.frbatlanta.org/filelegacydocs/erq405_jeske.pdf Karsten Jeske, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Economic Review, Fourth Quarter 2005, pp. 3956. RQ1: How does homeownership vary across age groups? RQ2: How does a typical households earnings vary with age? RQ3: What was the main cause of the increase in the homeownership rate after 1995? Chapter 14 U.S. Jobs Gained and Lost through Trade: A Net Measure  HYPERLINK "http://www.newyorkfed.org/research/current_issues/ci11-8.pdf" http://www.newyorkfed.org/research/current_issues/ci11-8.pdf Erica L. Groshen, Bart Hobijn, and Margaret M. McConnell, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Current Issues in Economics and Finance, August 2005. RQ1: Has the outsourcing of jobs to foreign workers caused a sharp increase in layoffs? RQ2: Briefly describe the methodology used to calculate the number of U.S. jobs embodied in net imports. RQ3: How has the number of U.S. jobs embodied in net imports as a share of payroll employment changed over time? The Chinese Renminbi: Whats Real, Whats Not  HYPERLINK "http://www.clevelandfed.org/Research/Com2005/0815.pdf" http://www.clevelandfed.org/Research/Com2005/0815.pdf Patrick Higgins and Owen E. Humpage, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Economic Commentary, August 15, 2005. RQ1: How much has the real exchange rate between China and the United States changed between 1995 and 2005? Do you think that has been enough to substantial change the competitive position of China versus the United States in selling goods? RQ2: If China was undervaluing the renminbi, what would eventually happen to the inflation rate? RQ3: How has China sterilized the increases in its foreign reserves since 1995? International Business Cycles: G7 and OECD Countries  HYPERLINK "http://www.frbatlanta.org/filelegacydocs/erq106_chauvet.pdf" http://www.frbatlanta.org/filelegacydocs/erq106_chauvet.pdf Marcelle Chauvet and Chengxuan Yu, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Economic Review, First Quarter 2006, pp. 4354. RQ1: What type of model does the author use to construct a business-cycle indicator? RQ2: How do recessions in the United States compare with recessions in the OECD in terms of duration and frequency? RQ3: Which pairs of countries tend to enter and leave recessions at about the same time? Chapter 15 FOMC Communications and the Predictability of Near-Term Policy Decisions  HYPERLINK "http://www.clevelandfed.org/research/com2006/June.pdf" http://www.clevelandfed.org/research/com2006/June.pdf John B. Carlson, Ben Craig, Patrick Higgins, and William R. Melick, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Economic Commentary, June 2006. RQ1: How did market participants in the early 1990s learn about changes in monetary policy? RQ2: How is it possible to tell if communication enhances the predictability of monetary policy? RQ3: When in the business cycle do the greatest errors occur in predicting the course of monetary policy? The Greenspan Era: Lessons for the Future http://www.kansascityfed.org/PUBLICAT/ECONREV/PDF/4q05kahn.pdf George A. Kahn, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Economic Review, Fourth Quarter 2005. RQ1: What is the risk-management approach to monetary policy? RQ2: What three economic developments occurred during the Greenspan era that will challenge subsequent policymakers? RQ3: Why is clear communication and transparency important for a central bank? The Changing Role of the Federal Reserve  HYPERLINK "http://research.stlouisfed.org/publications/review/05/03/part2/Schultz.pdf" http://research.stlouisfed.org/publications/review/05/03/part2/Schultz.pdf Frederick H. Schultz, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, March/April 2005, pp. 343348. RQ1: What structural problems prevented the Fed from responding fully to the Great Depression? RQ2: In what sense are Federal Reserve Banks the eyes and ears of the Fed? RQ3: How well did credit controls work in the early 1980s? Chapter 16 How Do Central Banks Control Inflation?  HYPERLINK "http://www.richmondfed.org/publications/economic_research/economic_quarterly/pdfs/summer2004/hetzel.pdf" http://www.richmondfed.org/publications/economic_research/economic_quarterly/pdfs/summer2004/hetzel.pdf Hetzel, Robert L., Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Economic Quarterly, Summer 2004, pp. 4663. RQ1: What are the two hallmarks of quantity theory analysis? RQ2: What is the natural rate of interest? RQ3: How can central banks stabilize the inflation rate? Discount Window Borrowing: Understanding Recent Experience  HYPERLINK "http://www.chicagofed.org/publications/fedletter/cflmarch2005_212.pdf" http://www.chicagofed.org/publications/fedletter/cflmarch2005_212.pdf Craig Furfine, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Chicago Fed Letter, Number 212, March 2005. RQ1: Under what circumstances do banks borrow from the Fed? RQ2: Why do banks in recent years need to hold fewer reserves at the Fed? RQ3: What is driving the demand for reserve balances in recent years? Chapter 17 The Benefits of Price Stability  HYPERLINK "http://www.federalreserve.gov/boarddocs/speeches/2006/200602242/default.htm" http://www.federalreserve.gov/boarddocs/speeches/2006/200602242/default.htm Ben Bernanke, speech at Princeton University; Federal Reserve Board of Governors, February 24, 2006. RQ1: How does price stability promote efficiency and long-term growth? RQ2: How does low inflation lead to greater stability of output and employment in the short to medium term? RQ3: Why will the tradeoff between inflation and unemployment be short-lived? Inflation, Banking, and Economic Growth  HYPERLINK "http://www.clevelandfed.org/Research/Com2006/0515.pdf" http://www.clevelandfed.org/Research/Com2006/0515.pdf John H. Boyd and Bruce Champ, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Economic Commentary, May 15, 2006. RQ1: How does bank lending vary with inflation, based on cross-country evidence? RQ2: Through what mechanisms does higher inflation lead to lower output growth? RQ3: What is the evidence on the effect of inflation on bank profits? Rethinking the Welfare Cost of Inflation  HYPERLINK "http://www.clevelandfed.org/Research/Com2005/0301.pdf" http://www.clevelandfed.org/Research/Com2005/0301.pdf Ben Craig and Guillaume Rocheteau, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Economic Commentary, March 1, 2005. RQ1: Describe Friedmans welfare triangle of the costs of inflation. RQ2: Why does use of a search model lead to greater measured costs of inflation than the welfare triangle? RQ3: How do trading frictions increase the costs of inflation? Chapter 18 Inflation Targeting  HYPERLINK "http://research.stlouisfed.org/publications/review/06/05/Poole.pdf" research.stlouisfed.org/publications/review/06/05/Poole.pdf William Poole, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, May/June 2006, pp. 155163. RQ1: What is Pooles explicit goal for inflation? RQ2: What is the difference between high frequency inflation and low frequency inflation? RQ3: Does inflation targeting turn policymakers into inflation nutters? Enhancing Fed Credibility  HYPERLINK "http://www.frbsf.org/publications/economics/letter/2006/el2006-05.pdf" http://www.frbsf.org/publications/economics/letter/2006/el2006-05.pdf Janet Yellen, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Economic Letter, Number 2006-5, March 17, 2006. RQ1: How might markets do all the work of monetary policy? RQ2: How did the Fed gain credibility since the 1970s? RQ3: What is Yellens explicit goal for inflation? Shifting Data: A Challenge for Monetary Policymakers http://www.frbsf.org/publications/economics/letter/2005/el2005-35.pdf John Fernald and Stephanie Wang, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Economic Letter, Number 2005-35, December 9, 2005. RQ1: By how much did the July 2005 annual revision affect the core PCE inflation rate? RQ2: Had the FOMC known that inflation was really higher than it thought in 2004, how might policy have been different? 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