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The stewardship of monetary policy and economic progress often falls to these entities charged with running their country’s financial systems. The art and science of central banking lie in these important works.

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8 Book

Trillion Dollar Triage

How Jay Powell and the Fed Battled a President and a Pandemic—and Prevented Economic Disaster
Nick Timiraos
Little, Brown US, 2022
8 Report

Executive's Guide to Fed Policy and Associated Risks: Part 1

Understanding the Role of the Fed and the Tools at Its Disposal
Dana M. Peterson and Hollis W. Hart
The Conference Board, 2021
8 Report

Executive's Guide to Fed Policy and Associated Risks: Part 2

Understanding Financial Stability Risks as Monetary Policy Shifts
Dana M. Peterson and Hollis W. Hart
The Conference Board, 2021
9 Article
Scott Minerd
Guggenheim Investments, 2022
8 Article
The Economist
The Economist, 2020
8 Article
Trevor Jackson
Dissent Magazine, 2020
8 Article

The Age of Magic Money

Can Endless Spending Prevent Economic Calamity?
Sebastian Mallaby
Foreign Affairs, 2020
8 Article
Tyler Powell and David Wessel
Brookings Institution, 2021
7 Report

Twitter and the Federal Reserve

How the U.S. central bank is (and is not) surviving social media
Brian D. Feinstein and Peter Conti-Brown
Brookings Institution, 2020
8 Book

Firefighting

The Financial Crisis and Its Lessons
Henry M. Paulson Jr. et al.
Penguin Two, 2019
8 Article

Could Negative Interest Rates in the US Ever Happen?

Hardly anybody thinks they’ll take root, pointing to their blah record overseas. Not so fast.
Larry Light
Chief Investment Officer, 2020
8 Article

This Is the One Thing That Might Save the World From Financial Collapse

Amid everything else, there’s a deeper economic crisis underway.
Adam Tooze
The New York Times, 2020