2021
DOI: 10.1002/soej.12498
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The Federal Reserve's response to the COVID‐19 contraction: An initial appraisal

Abstract: We provide an initial assessment of the Federal Reserve's policy response to the COVID‐19 contraction. We briefly review the historical episode and consider the standard textbook treatment of a pandemic on the macroeconomy. We summarize and then evaluate the Fed's monetary and emergency lending policies through the end of 2020. We credit the Fed with promoting monetary stability while maintaining that it could have done more. We argue that the Fed could have achieved stability without employing its emergency l… Show more

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“…ISO/TS 22318:2015 Societal security-Business continuity management systems-Guidelines for supply chain continuity; (3). ISO 22320:2018 Security and resilience-security and resilience-Organizational resilience-Principles and attributes; ISO 31000:2018 Risk management-Guidelines; (6). ISO 56002:2019 Innovation management-Innovation management system-Guidance; (7).…”
Section: Literature Review On Pandemics and The Role Of Standardizationmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…ISO/TS 22318:2015 Societal security-Business continuity management systems-Guidelines for supply chain continuity; (3). ISO 22320:2018 Security and resilience-security and resilience-Organizational resilience-Principles and attributes; ISO 31000:2018 Risk management-Guidelines; (6). ISO 56002:2019 Innovation management-Innovation management system-Guidance; (7).…”
Section: Literature Review On Pandemics and The Role Of Standardizationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The instability of the world economy has resulted in a decline in the exchange rate and pressure on the domestic economy. The decline in demand due to the decline in people's purchasing power also affected domestic production [5][6][7].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Some question how necessary the Fed’s new and revived programs of credit allocation have been for accomplishing their stated mission. Cachanosky et al ( 2021 ) conclude that “[t]hese credit allocation facilities were unwarranted: they were not necessary to promote monetary stability” (p. 1169). However, there is no doubt that certain groups benefited from these policies.…”
Section: Evidencementioning
confidence: 99%
“… 26 For a thorough review of the Fed’s policy response, see Cachanosky et al ( 2021 , pp. 1156–1160).…”
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