Political Pressures on Monetary Policy during the US Great Inflation

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2012

Department 1

Economics

Abstract

A historical and empirical analysis of the Federal Reserve’s motivations in conducting monetary policy during the 1970s. I find that the Fed allowed inflation to rise because there was no political support for the measures – raising interest rates and risking recession – necessary to bring inflation under control.

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