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  • Friday, 20 March, 2020
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    Coronavirus: the moment for helicopter money

    Economic taboos are being broken to finance the huge government deficits needed to fight the crisis

  • Wednesday, 18 March, 2020
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    Reviving crisis-era programmes is a first step but the central bank may need to buy corporate bonds

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  • Monday, 30 December, 2019
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    How the crisis of 2008 continued to reverberate through the following decade

  • Thursday, 31 October, 2019
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    Controversy is unavoidable when banks make dramatic but necessary interventions

  • Tuesday, 9 July, 2019
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    Top policymakers look back on lessons learnt and mistakes made during 2008 meltdown

  • Friday, 1 March, 2019
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    Quantitative easing was the father of millennial socialism

    Federal Reserve’s bid to stave off depression sowed the seeds of a generational revolt

  • Friday, 11 January, 2019
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    Transcripts from central bank meetings showed vigorous debate ahead of ‘taper tantrum’

  • Wednesday, 19 September, 2018
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    Candidate with background in financial stability chosen as attention is paid to potential hazards 

  • Friday, 14 September, 2018
    Central bank intervention
    Yellen says Fed needs new approach to forward guidance

    Central bank’s former chair outlines preferred tools for countering next downturn

  • Thursday, 13 September, 2018
    Central bank intervention
    Ben Bernanke pins blame for Great Recession on bank panic

    Wall Street meltdown was a bigger factor than US housing bust, ex-Fed chairman says

  • Wednesday, 12 September, 2018
    US financial regulation
    Former US regulators defend financial crisis actions

    Bernanke, Geithner and Paulson admit case for bank bailouts failed to sway the public

  • Thursday, 6 September, 2018
    Scott Freidheim
    Lehman insider: why the bank could and should have been saved

    The bank’s former chief administrative officer considers the argument for a bailout

  • Monday, 6 August, 2018
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    Trump claims credit he is not due on the economy

    Growth has exceeded expectations outside the US rather than within it

  • Thursday, 19 July, 2018
    Gillian Tett
    European banks still have post-crisis repairs to do

    Former US policymakers say their counterparts did not do enough to stop the rot

  • Wednesday, 18 July, 2018
    The FT ViewGlobal Economy
    US Federal Reserve’s steady tightening may be taking it too far

    The US central bank must be prepared to halt or reverse rate rises

  • Wednesday, 18 July, 2018
    Global Economy
    Bernanke warns against reading wrong yield curve signal

    Distortions mean an inversion does not necessarily point to recession, says former Fed chief

  • Thursday, 8 March, 2018
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  • Friday, 2 March, 2018
    Global Economy
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  • Tuesday, 13 February, 2018
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    The unfortunate exit of an exemplary Fed chair

    Janet Yellen has set policy wisely and managed the institution well

  • Monday, 6 November, 2017
    Global Economy
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