An overview of the Fed's new credit policy tools and their cushioning effect on the COVID-19 recession

The economics literature lacks articles that provide a broad roadmap—let alone a logical explanation—of the new set of Federal Reserve policy tools that were created to counter the COVID-19 recession. This study provides an overview of the motivation for these new credit-easing programs—namely to da...

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Main Authors: Michael D. Bordo, John V. Duca
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-01-01
Series:Journal of Government and Economics
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667319321000136