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November 2023, Paper: "The fiscal theory of the price level (FTPL) has been active for 30 years, and the interest in this theory grew with the recent global surges in inflation…
August 30, 2022, Opinion: "Although US monetary policy was too aggressive for too long, the likely culprit behind the recent surge in consumer prices was an extraordinarily…
February 25, 2021, Opinion: "Rather than worrying about the prospects of higher long-term expected inflation, the US Federal Reserve is exuding confidence that it can maintain…
Is Politics Getting to the Fed? Robert Barro, July 23, 2019, Opinion, "In the early 1980s, the chairman of the US Federal Reserve, Paul Volcker, was able to choke off runaway…
Mysteries of Monetary Policy. Robert Barro, July 4, 2019, Opinion, "Since the federal funds rate peaked at 22% in the early 1980s, inflation in the United States has remained low…