{"id":17719,"date":"2014-06-14T03:35:10","date_gmt":"2014-06-14T01:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/?p=17719"},"modified":"2014-06-14T03:35:10","modified_gmt":"2014-06-14T01:35:10","slug":"the-us-feds-role-in-the-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/the-us-feds-role-in-the-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"The US Fed&#8217;s Role in the Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Barry Eichengreen<a href=\"http:\/\/www.project-syndicate.org\/commentary\/barry-eichengreen-explains-why-monetary-policy-should-not-be-the-first-line-of-defense-against-financial-excesses\" target=\"_blank\"> argues<\/a>: \u00a0Central banks should focus on developing more effective macro-prudential instruments. They should widen the regulatory perimeter \u2013 that is, they should work to bring nonbank financial institutions under their regulatory umbrella. They should use the resulting instruments and powers preemptively. And they should adjust monetary policy to address potential financial risks as a last resort, not as their first line of defense.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/the-us-feds-role-in-the-economy\/the-role-of-the-fed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-17720\" src=\"http:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/The-Role-of-the-Fed-300x218.jpg\" alt=\"The Role of the Fed\" width=\"300\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/The-Role-of-the-Fed-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/The-Role-of-the-Fed.jpg 397w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barry Eichengreen argues: \u00a0Central banks should focus on developing more effective macro-prudential instruments. They should widen the regulatory perimeter \u2013 that is, they should work to bring nonbank financial institutions under their regulatory umbrella. They should use the resulting instruments &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/the-us-feds-role-in-the-economy\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-big-banks","category-finance"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"US Federal Reserve and Monetary Policy\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Adela Rogers\"\/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/the-us-feds-role-in-the-economy\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.9.10\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"W-T-W.org - 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