David Altig
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Economic Recovery: Lots of Ground to Cover
In my last post I noted that the pace of the recovery, now two years old, is in broad terms similar to that of the first two years of the previous two recoveries.... Read »
Core Cuts Both Ways
With the six-month average of annualized headline inflation running just over 5 percent, this Wednesday’s consumer price index (CPI) report looms a little... Read »
“Secret Loans” That Were Not So Secret
I confess to be more than a little surprised when yesterday’s morning reading turned up the following headline, from Bloomberg’s Bob Ivry: “Fed... Read »
The Long and Short (runs) of Tax Reform
In an earlier part of my career, I spent a fair amount of time thinking about fiscal policy issues. The evolution of my responsibilities eventually moved my attentions... Read »
Is Housing Hurting the Recovery?
Though the week is only half over, I’m going to nominate Stan Humphries and Zillow as bearers of the week’s most distressing economic news: “Home... Read »
Is Offshoring Behind U.S. Employment’s Current Problems?
In a week loaded with important economic news, no piece of data will garner more justifiable attention than Friday’s April employment report. The importance... Read »
Can Keynesians Be Anti-Keynesian?
Follow any policy debate, and you are sure to find a list of economists who support or inspire those on both sides of the issue. In The Economist, we find some... Read »
How Has the Financial System Changed? (And What To Do About It)
The subject of this post’s title was, in essence, the centerpiece of the most recent edition of the Atlanta Fed’s annual Financial Markets Conference,... Read »
Monetary Policy Exit: Is A Bad Bank the Solution?
It is not difficult to find people who espouse the following belief: “One of the Fed’s recent errors was increasing the money supply by buying more than... Read »
Another Step to Enhance Fed Transparency–and No Better Time Than Now
As most of you probably know, the Federal Reserve announced yesterday that: “Chairman Ben S. Bernanke will hold press briefings four times per year to present... Read »







