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This paper revisits the transmission of monetary policy by constructing a novel dataset of monetary policy shocks for an unbalanced sample of 33 advanced and emerging market economies during the ...

We study the two-way relationship between fixed-rate mortgages (FRMs) and monetary policy in a panel of up to 35 countries over the last two decades. The dataset includes quarterly information on the ...

Learn how tight monetary policy curbs inflation, raises interest rates, and reduces money supply for economic stability.

This data series is part of the Center for Monetary Research. Market-Based Monetary Uncertainty provides daily indicators measuring the uncertainty about future short-term interest rates based on ...

This data series is part of the Center for Monetary Research. Monetary Policy Surprises data capture the exogenous changes in interest rates over tight windows around the monetary policy announcements ...

Does “monetary policy” – in the form of interest rate adjustments – actually work? Can the Federal Reserve “tame” inflation by raising the Federal Funds Rate? The question arises today because despite ...