Fiscal Policy Why Investors Can’t Quit U.S. Debt By David Beckworth March 31, 2021 The long love affair between investors and U.S. Treasury securities isn’t coming to an end anytime soon.
Monetary Policy Making Up Is Not So Hard to Do By David Beckworth July 28, 2020 The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted the central bank’s limited ability to ensure robust recoveries from economic disasters.
NR PLUS Economy & Business Inflation: A Misguided Fear By David Beckworth May 6, 2020 Disinflation is the real worry.
Economy & Business It’s Time for the Fed to Take On the Coronavirus Threat By David Beckworth February 28, 2020 The central bank can’t stop a supply shock, but it can mitigate the fallout.
Economy & Business Paul Volcker’s Noble War on Inflation By David Beckworth December 16, 2019 The late Federal Reserve chairman took necessary steps to save our economy. Critics shouldn’t miscast his legacy.
Economy & Business How Our Banker-to-the-World Role Affects the Budget Deficit By David Beckworth August 23, 2019 Our surfeit of safe assets makes the U.S. government more likely to run budget deficits.
NR PLUS Economy & Business Why the U.S. Dollar Will Remain Strong By David Beckworth August 22, 2019 The real source of President Trump’s angst over the strong dollar is the special role played by the U.S. financial system in the global economy.
Economy & Business Trump Has the Monetary-Policy Blues By David Beckworth April 29, 2019 The Fed’s current inflation-targeting framework has forced monetary policy to be too tight for the better part of a decade.
Economy & Business Uncle Sam’s New Credit Card By David Beckworth April 12, 2019 He can now tap the Fed to fund spending activities.
NR PLUS Magazine A Monetary Correction By David Beckworth & Ramesh Ponnuru August 26, 2018 The Fed has erred by keeping money too tight, not too loose.