Tag Archives: Central Banking

Nullum crimen, nulla poena sine praevia lege poenali: A Reply to Ester Faia and Ignazio Angeloni

In a recent post, Ester Faia and Ignazio Angeloni express their astonishment about the fact that in an environment of low inflation rates, stable growth in a overwhelming number of countries, sound monetary and rapidly improving fiscal policies, market deregulation, globalization and — as as I personally would add — under the usage of these beautiful micro-founded macroeconomic models effectively in place in most modern central banks, a financial crisis of such a proportion can arise.

Posted in Blog | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments

Brad De Long on Central Banking in Practice

Brad De Long notes:

So, today the monetary base in the North Atlantic economies is 7% higher than it was yesterday–an annualized growth rate of 2100% per year.

This is indeed a significant liquidity event…

Posted in Blog | Tagged , | Leave a comment