Author Archives: John Taylor
Recent Decisions and Rules of the Fed
Last week, after attending monetary policy conferences at Stanford, Chicago and Frankfurt, I put forth evidence in EconomicsOne.com of a revival of research on monetary policy rules for the instruments, whether at the conferences, in research papers, or in Fed publications. … Continue reading
Posted in Monetary Policy
Let’s Twist Again with Online Econ 1
This summer we will be offering Stanford’s Principles of Economics course online. As explained in this Wall Street Journal article, “A Twist in Online Learning at Stanford,” the twist again is that we’ll offer it both (1) to the general … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching Economics
A Revival of Research on Monetary Policy Rules for the Instruments
Recently I had the opportunity to participate in several conferences on monetary policy: the annual Hoover monetary policy conference at Stanford in May, the 2019 Fed Review conference in Chicago in June, and the Macro Model Comparison Conference in Frankfurt … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Currencies, Capital, Central Bank Balances — 5th in a Series
The most recent book, Currencies, Capital, and Central Bank Balances, in a series on monetary policy has just been published. As the line-up of covers below shows, it is the 5th in a series of volumes emerging from conferences on … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
A Different Kind of Revisiting the 2008 Financial Crisis
During the past few months, John Cochrane and I organized a series of workshops on the 2008 financial crisis. Monika Piazzesi, George Shultz, Niall Ferguson, Caroline Hoxby, and Darrell Duffie joined us in making presentations and, along with other colleagues who … Continue reading
Posted in Financial Crisis
Now They’re All Saying “It’s Time to Write Chapter 14 into Law”
Yesterday the Senate Judiciary Committee held an important hearing entitled “Big Bank Bankruptcy: 10 Years After Lehman Brothers.” Originally scheduled for October, but postponed because of the debate over the Kavanaugh confirmation, the hearing concentrated on legislation that would create … Continue reading
Posted in Financial Crisis, Regulatory Policy
Three Attributes of a Sustainable Open and Stable Global Order
The IMF/World Bank meetings were held in Bali last week. In addition to the many good beaches there were many good panels including one I was on with Mark Carney and Agustin Carstens. It was organized by the Group of … Continue reading
Posted in International Economics, Monetary Policy
