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Crises before and after the creation of the Fed

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  • Early Elias
  • Òscar Jordà

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The Federal Reserve was created 100 years ago in response to the harsh recession associated with the Panic of 1907. Comparing that recession with the Great Recession of 2007?09 suggests the Fed can mitigate downturns to some extent. A statistical analysis suggests that if a central bank had lowered interest rates during the 1907 panic the same way the Fed did during the 2008 financial crisis, gross domestic product would have contracted two percentage points less than it actually did.

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  • Early Elias & Òscar Jordà, 2013. "Crises before and after the creation of the Fed," FRBSF Economic Letter, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, issue may6.
    • Handle: RePEc:fip:fedfel:y:2013:i:may6:n:2013-13
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    1. Bilal Bagis, 2017. "Central Banking in the New Era," Eurasian Journal of Economics and Finance, Eurasian Publications, vol. 5(4), pages 197-225.

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    Federal Reserve System - History;

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