The Financial Crisis and Federal Reserve Policy [Hardcover]

This new book will provide an extensive analysis of the role of the Federal Reserve in contributing to the crisis through its low interest-rate policy during 2002-2006, and in dealing with the crisis under Bernanke with his aggressive and innovative policies implemented in the wake of the Lehman collapse in September 2008.Financial Crises:? An Overview The Nature of Banking Crises The Panic of 1907 and the Savings and Loan Crisis Development of the Housing and Credit Bubbles Bursting of the Twin Bubbles The Great Crisis and the Great Recession of 2007-2009 The Framework of Federal Reserve Monetary Control Federal Reserve Policy in the Great Depression The Federal Reserve's Response to the Great Crisis The Federal Reserve's Exit Strategy and the Threat of Inflation The Taylor Rule and Evaluation of U.S. Monetary Policy Regulatory Reform Proposals

Explores crucial questions surrounding the Great Crisis of 2007-09, its relationship to other financial crises, and the role of the Federal Reserve in the crisis and recovery. - Journal of Economic Literature

'I've read many books on the Financial Crisis. Lloyd Thomas's book, quite simply, is the best. It doesn't simply describe what happened. It explains what happened. And it explains what needs to be done to prevent it from happening again.' - Laurence Seidman, Chaplin Tyler Professor of Economics, University of Delaware

'Thomas provides a comprehensive and dispassionate analysis of the Great Crisis of 2007-2009. Exceptionally well written and researched, the author provides insights into the most severe economic challenge in the U.S. and much of the rest of the world in 75 years. The book has much to offer to professional economists, financial experts, and policy makers, as well as the general citizens who were affected by the severe downturn, housing market collapse, and financial system's near meltdown. The prominent and effective role of the Federal Reserve is the unapprecil“f