The Money Farm Team

How Was Fiscal Policy Used During The 2008 Recession?

Lessons for Macroeconomic Policy from the Great Recession’s Policy Challenges Eskander Alvi edited the piece. W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, Kalamazoo, MI, 2017, 137 pages., $28.32 hardback The collapse of the U.S. housing market in 2007 triggered a series of negative economic events, including a financial crisis, high unemployment, a weakening international economy,

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Does Increasing Interest Rates Decrease Inflation?

Interest rates are its primary weapon in the fight against inflation. According to Yiming Ma, an assistant finance professor at Columbia University Business School, the Fed does this by determining the short-term borrowing rate for commercial banks, which subsequently pass those rates on to consumers and companies. This increased rate affects the interest you pay

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