This paper investigates how the implementation of monetary policy affects the dynamics and the volatility of the federal funds rate. Since the early 1980s, the most important changes in the Fed's conduct of monetary policy refer to the role of the federal funds rate target and the reserve...

This paper investigates how the implementation of monetary policy affects the dynamics and the volatility of the federal funds rate. Since the early 1980s, the most important changes in the Fed's conduct of monetary policy refer to the role of the federal funds rate target and the reserve...

At present, the world-economy is exceedingly fragile. Debt levels of nations peak. Monetary assets increase, too, and concentrate in the hands of few. In this paper, I show that a mechanism at the root of today’s monetary system entails an inherently fragile economy. I simulate the...

Für viele Zentralbanken ist der Interbankenmarkt für Tagesgeld der entscheidende Ausgangspunkt für die Implementierung ihrer geldpolitischen Entscheidungen. Zinssätze für Tagesgeld, wie die Federal Funds Rate in den Vereinigten Staaten, sind das operationale Ziel der Geldpolitik, die das...