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The Fed's Playbook for Fighting Bank Panics, Now vs. The Great Depression | Dr. Jane Knodell

Forward Guidance

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The Proliferation of Commercial Activity in the 1920s

The Federal Reserve's made these technical amendments in 1917. But it continued to not see itself as the lender of last resort, which I think you think is wrong. The real economy needs longer-term loans to support longer-term kinds of investments that drive productivity. A banking system that's just obsessed with always being as liquid as it can isn't optimal.

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