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30 years of forecasting: have central banks learned anything?
Forecasting models are constantly being upgraded, but forecast errors are still persistent
Minneapolis Fed begins hunt for next president
Narayana Kocherlakota will join the University of Rochester on January 1; search committee is hoping to appoint a ‘strategic thought leader’ to succeed him by the end of the year
Minneapolis Fed essay suggests new focus for FOMC comms
Sam Schulhofer-Wohl argues the FOMC should talk more about what it is trying to accomplish with its monetary policy; Minneapolis Fed staff rewrite January statement to illustrate point
Minneapolis paper finds stable Phillips curve in regional data
Researchers find relationship between unemployment and inflation holds in regional data but breaks down at national level; suggest this could be used for policy-making
NY Fed's Checki to retire; Minneapolis hires new head of research
New York Fed head of international affairs ends 46-year tenure, while acting communications head wins permanent post; Minneapolis Fed names new research director
Kocherlakota urges Fed to do ‘whatever it takes’ to boost labour market
Persistently low inflation means the Federal Reserve can throw all its resources behind the fledgling labour market recovery, according to the Minneapolis Fed president
Buffett’s ‘greatest hedge fund’ claim puts spotlight on the Fed
Warren Buffett's claim the Fed is ‘the greatest hedge fund in history’ fuels bloated balance sheet and politicisation debate; Fed veteran Gary Stern says 'sage of Omaha’s' comments are ‘misguided’
Robert Pringle’s Viewpoint: Managing without safe assets – tricky but not impossible
Unless sovereigns provide a credible backstop to the banking system the private sector will have to do the best it can, writes Robert Pringle
Kocherlakota warns of consequences of ‘mandate-consistent' lower rates
Minneapolis Fed president highlights risks accompanying persistent low rates, but argues rates must go lower still to be consistent with dual mandate
Fed presidents back unemployment offensive
Minneapolis and Boston Fed presidents call for aggressive monetary policy to tackle lethargic unemployment rate
Fed presidents clash over monetary policy
Presidents of the Federal Reserve banks of Kansas City and Minneapolis offer conflicting critiques of FOMC policy stance
Fed promotes directors on district boards
Federal Reserve announces string of changes to chair and deputy chair of regional Fed board of directors for 2012
Minneapolis Fed’s Kocherlakota warns FOMC against inflation drift
Minneapolis Federal Reserve president Narayana Kocherlakota says Federal Reserve should formulate a public contingency plan to avoid tolerance of high inflation
Kocherlakota explains logic of dissent to Fed's Operation Twist
Minneapolis Federal Reserve president Narayana Kocherlakota says Fed’s more accommodative policy stance is inconsistent with objectives
Higher corporate taxes stifle innovation: Minneapolis Fed paper
Minneapolis Federal Reserve study says policies that promote higher corporate taxes and increased business start-up costs negatively impact innovation
Central banks should allow governments to fail: Kocherlakota
Minneapolis Federal Reserve president Narayana Kocherlakota says central banks risk losing control of price stability if they don’t allow fiscal authorities to default
Communication on employment key to Fed credibility: Kocherlakota
Minneapolis Federal Reserve president Narayana Kocherlakota says difficulties in quantifying maximum employment pose challenges for FOMC
Kocherlakota speaks out against Fed decision
Minneapolis Fed president Narayana Kocherlakota says rising inflation and lower unemployment in economy did not warrant change in Fed language; says measure constitutes monetary easing
Minneapolis Fed’s Kocherlakota urges review of US tax code
Minneapolis Federal Reserve president Narayana Kocherlakota says US lawmakers must reduce incentives by households and financial institutions to overleverage
Monetary policy not responsible for land price bubbles: Minneapolis Fed’s Kocherlakota
Minneapolis Federal Reserve president Narayana Kocherlakota disputed claims that land price bubbles are a consequence of loose monetary policy
Central Banking’s advisory board adds Stern, Sheng, Heikensten
Gary Stern, Andrew Sheng and Lars Heikensten join Central Banking Publications’ editorial advisory board