Surveys of professional economic forecasters and financial market data can reveal public perceptions about the future conduct of monetary policy. Current estimates suggest that both professional ...

As 2025 begins, the trajectory of U.S. monetary policy remains one of the most hotly debated topics in financial and economic circles. Following a tumultuous 2024 marked by persistent inflationary ...

This paper presents a new dataset of monetary policy shocks for 21 advanced economies and 8 emerging markets from 2000-2022. We use daily changes in interest rate swap rates around central bank ...

This paper investigates the impact of monetary policy on capital misallocation, focusing on its heterogeneous effects on firms. Using Spanish firm-level data spanning 1999 to 2019, we demonstrate that ...

In forex trading, where market sentiment can shift in an instant, central banks play a pivotal role in influencing currency movements. Traders closely watch monetary policy decisions, as these reveal ...

The Federal Reserve, or the Fed, is the largest and most important financial institution in the world. As the central bank of the United States, the Fed conducts Monetary Policy to promote stable ...