Tuesday, October 08, 2013

Evans rule

In Which I Reiterate My Conclusion That Non-Explicit Regime-Shift Changes in Monetary Policy Cannot Summon the Inflation Expectations Imp: A Note on Our Post-2009 Failure to Achieve Equitable Growth by DeLong

The Fed has been dealing with Congress's austerity. December 2012, the Evans rule provided the economy with insurance against the Fiscal Cliff and ongoing sequester. In June there was taper-talk in that they thought maybe things had calmed down. In September there was the non-taper in that the debt ceiling crisis was coming down the pipe and the data didn't support a taper.

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