Comments on: Long Term Chart of Federal Funds Rate http://www.tradersnarrative.com/long-term-chart-of-federal-funds-rate-1513.html Freshly squeezed market commentary & analysis Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:01:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Anna Schwartz on the Federal Reserve, Asset Bubbles, and the Financial Crisis « A Blog of Marginal Benefit http://www.tradersnarrative.com/long-term-chart-of-federal-funds-rate-1513.html#comment-35456 Sat, 08 Nov 2008 03:27:52 +0000 http://www.tradersnarrative.com/long-term-chart-of-federal-funds-rate-1513.html#comment-35456 [...] Schwartz notes here that crashes are caused by asset bubbles, which are a symptom of the Fed’s inability of to decide on one objective for its monetary policy. In the most recent easing cycle before the current one, the Fed cut rates to cushion the fallout from the dot-com bubble burst. Cheap credit helped fuel another asset bubble in housing, which caused the Fed to raise rates. Now, the housing bubble has burst and the Fed is easing again to keep the economy from collapsing. And once again, at least before the failure of Fannie and Freddie raised risk spreads, the loose policy was fueling a commodities bubble. A dual mandate encourages this type of ping-pong monetary policy, where the solution to one problem is the cause of another. [...] […] Schwartz notes here that crashes are caused by asset bubbles, which are a symptom of the Fed’s inability of to decide on one objective for its monetary policy. In the most recent easing cycle before the current one, the Fed cut rates to cushion the fallout from the dot-com bubble burst. Cheap credit helped fuel another asset bubble in housing, which caused the Fed to raise rates. Now, the housing bubble has burst and the Fed is easing again to keep the economy from collapsing. And once again, at least before the failure of Fannie and Freddie raised risk spreads, the loose policy was fueling a commodities bubble. A dual mandate encourages this type of ping-pong monetary policy, where the solution to one problem is the cause of another. […]

]]> by: max http://www.tradersnarrative.com/long-term-chart-of-federal-funds-rate-1513.html#comment-32327 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 01:10:53 +0000 http://www.tradersnarrative.com/long-term-chart-of-federal-funds-rate-1513.html#comment-32327 hey ray, here you go: http://www.econstats.com/index.htm cheers, max hey ray,

here you go:

http://www.econstats.com/index.htm

cheers,
max

]]> by: Babak http://www.tradersnarrative.com/long-term-chart-of-federal-funds-rate-1513.html#comment-31738 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:59:22 +0000 http://www.tradersnarrative.com/long-term-chart-of-federal-funds-rate-1513.html#comment-31738 Ray, the data is from the Fed and it isn't monthly but rather reflects every change of the Fed Funds rate as it was made. Ray, the data is from the Fed and it isn’t monthly but rather reflects every change of the Fed Funds rate as it was made.

]]> by: Ray http://www.tradersnarrative.com/long-term-chart-of-federal-funds-rate-1513.html#comment-31675 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 23:38:20 +0000 http://www.tradersnarrative.com/long-term-chart-of-federal-funds-rate-1513.html#comment-31675 I like the graph. Where did you get the data numbers for those points? I'm trying to create my own historical fed funds rate graph and I can't find a list of the data by month anywhere. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. Ray I like the graph. Where did you get the data numbers for those points? I’m trying to create my own historical fed funds rate graph and I can’t find a list of the data by month anywhere.
Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.
Ray

]]> by: Holly http://www.tradersnarrative.com/long-term-chart-of-federal-funds-rate-1513.html#comment-31088 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 03:33:51 +0000 http://www.tradersnarrative.com/long-term-chart-of-federal-funds-rate-1513.html#comment-31088 This time is worse! that explains what Fed has done. This time is worse! that explains what Fed has done.

]]> by: Friday links: reflation efforts « Abnormal Returns http://www.tradersnarrative.com/long-term-chart-of-federal-funds-rate-1513.html#comment-28760 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:18:42 +0000 http://www.tradersnarrative.com/long-term-chart-of-federal-funds-rate-1513.html#comment-28760 [...] A long-term chart of the Fed funds rate. (Trader’s Narrative) [...] […] A long-term chart of the Fed funds rate. (Trader’s Narrative) […]

]]> by: Johan http://www.tradersnarrative.com/long-term-chart-of-federal-funds-rate-1513.html#comment-28697 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 11:46:50 +0000 http://www.tradersnarrative.com/long-term-chart-of-federal-funds-rate-1513.html#comment-28697 Thanks for your always so interesting comments about the market. Thanks for your always so interesting comments about the market.

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