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Rocking the Fed’s Boat: The Federal Reserve's Independence is at Risk
Publication Date: January 2008
Publisher(s): Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace
Author(s): Dino Falaschetti; Michael J. Orlando
Funder(s): Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace
Funder(s): Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace
Series: Hoover Digest
Topic: Banking and finance (Central banks)
Keywords: Economy; Federal Reserve
Type: Report
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
Following the 2008 global credit and housing crisis it is tempting to empower the Federal Reserve to fix problems in the financial services industry; however, doing so would risk the Fed's political autonomy.