Richmond Fed Magazine Econ Focus Reports on the Changing Hawk-Dove Distinction in Monetary Policy
(firmenpresse) - RICHMOND, VA -- (Marketwired) -- 03/11/15 -- News stories tell us that some Fed officials are "hawks" and others are "doves." But now that Fed policymakers are closer to a consensus on inflation than in past decades, do these terms still mean what they used to? The in the latest issue of Econ Focus magazine looks at the changing nature of monetary policy debates -- and the changing nature of the hawk-dove divide.
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Econ Focus is the economics magazine of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. It covers economic issues affecting the Fifth Federal Reserve District (the District of Columbia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and most of West Virginia) and the nation.
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David A. Price
Senior Editor
Econ Focus
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Office: (804) 697-8018
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