News
Bloomberg | Diminished Housing Wealth Effect Keeps Pressure on Fed
The wealth effect from rising house prices may not be as effective as it once was in spurring the U.S. economy.
Econ Comments & Analysis
Market Watch | Fed's Lacker: Recent low inflation won't last
Recent low inflation data seem "transitory," said Jeffrey Lacker, the president of the Richmond Federal Reserve Bank, on Friday.
Mercatus | Financial Market Utilities
The Regulatory Studies Program of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University is dedicated to advancing knowledge about the effects of regulation on society. As part of its mission, the program conducts careful and independent analyses employing contemporary economic scholarship to assess rulemaking proposals and their effects on the economic opportunities and social well-being available to all members of American society.
Blogs
Slate | Is the Fed Blowing Bubbles?
The ongoing weakness of the American economy has led to stubbornly high unemployment and sub-par growth. The effects of fiscal austerity—a sharp rise in taxes and a sharp fall in government spending since the beginning of the year—are undermining economic performance even more.
