A tale of two central banks

ARTICLE - The annals of 2001 will feature many heroes and villains. Among them will be central bankers.

From the Comment section, London edition of the Financial Times 20 December.

Monetary policy makers on both sides of the Atlantic were misled by over-optimistic forecasts and then caught out by the speed of the downturn. The US Federal Reserve has been lauded for its swift and decisive response, while the European Central Bank has been vilified for doing too little, too late. Looking back, the

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