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A Citizen's Guide to Unconventional Monetary Policy, No. 12-12

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A Citizen's Guide to Unconventional Monetary Policy, No. 12-12

DATE: December 2012

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ABSTRACT: Historically, the Federal Reserve's primary monetary policy tool has been the federal funds rate. Since pushing that rate as low as it can effectively go in December 2008, the Fed has turned to alternative policy tools to stimulate economic growth and keep inflation near 2 percent. This Economic Brief provides a non-technical guide to how these unconventional policy tools are intended to work and discusses some of their risks.

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Haltom, Renee Courtois , Wolman, Alexander L. and Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. "A Citizen's Guide to Unconventional Monetary Policy, No. 12-12," Economic Brief (December 2012). https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/6034/item/583907, accessed on March 20, 2023.

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