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Monetarists Warned of a Recession
To get ahead of the curve, the Fed should follow the quantity theory of money.
Commentary
Aug. 8, 2024
Fed Chair Jerome Powell Is Trying to Explain Away the Inflation Rollercoaster—but Money Supply Is Absent from His Script
Commentary
Aug. 8, 2024
Inflation Was Always a Monetary Phenomenon, Never Transitory
The Fed must realize that monetary policy is not about interest rates, but about the rate of growth in the money supply.
Commentary
Jan. 16, 2024
Dollarize Argentina: Abolish the BCRA
Published Paper
Nov. 28, 2023
Letter to the Editor: Hanke and Greenwood Reply on the Money Supply
‘After a monetary disturbance the Cambridge k almost always reverts to its steady, upward trend.’
Letter to the Editor
Nov. 1, 2023
Another Black Monday May Be Around the Corner
The Federal Reserve’s policies threaten the American economy and financial markets.
Commentary
Oct. 23, 2023
High Inflation Will End Soon
But the Fed’s change in course heightens the risk of recession.
Commentary
Feb. 15, 2023
The Goose that Stopped Laying Golden Eggs
The Fed could have learned from the Bank of England’s response to the panic of 1825.
Commentary
Feb. 7, 2023
How Japan Kept Inflation Rates Low
Its monetary policy has long been ultra-tight, not ultra-loose.
Commentary
Jan. 10, 2023
Don’t Bet Against the Hong Kong Dollar
Currency boards are always a graveyard for speculators.
Commentary
Dec. 5, 2022
The Altimeter for Powell’s Soft Landing
Rate hikes alone risk an economic crash. The key is to stabilize the growth of the broad money supply.
Commentary
Apr. 12, 2022
The Fed Needs to Put Its Eye on the Money Supply
Slowing its growth without triggering a recession is a tricky proposition. Is the central bank up for it?
Commentary
Mar. 11, 2022
The Monetary Bathtub Is Overflowing
Many economists say inflation is transitory. It will be persistent.
Commentary
Oct. 22, 2021
The Fed’s Reverse Repos Don’t Shrink the Money Supply
Letter to the Editor
Oct. 5, 2021
On Monetary Growth and Inflation in Leading Economies, 2021-2022
Relative Prices and the Overall Price Level
Published Paper
Sep. 21, 2021
Too Much Money Portends High Inflation
The Fed should pay attention to Milton Friedman’s wisdom.
Commentary
July 22, 2021
Monetarism Explains the Strength of China’s Yuan
Letter to the Editor
June 11, 2021
Lebanon Could Use a Currency Board
Such arrangements have worked in other countries whose economic and political woes seemed intractable.
Commentary
May 21, 2021
The Money Boom Is Already Here
Since February 2020, the M2 supply has increased 26%—the largest one-year jump since 1943.
Commentary
Mar. 1, 2021


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