Donald Kohn Archive
Vice Chair Kohn on fiscal expansion
Banking, Fed, Uncategorized
May 26, 2009
[Skip to the end] Yes, he’s got that part very right!!! > On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 11:06 PM, Roger wrote: > > Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Donald Kohn: > > Interactions between Monetary and Fiscal Policy in the Current Situation > > [I]n the current weak economic environment, a fiscal expansion may be much
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Fed communications
If conveying information is considered important for market function, why not just say it clearly and directly in a targeted announcement? Kohn Says Fed Is Trying to Signal When Views Shift `Materially’ 2008-01-05 11:15 (New York) By Scott Lanman and Steve Matthews (Bloomberg) Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Donald Kohn said the central
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Second Look at Kohn Speech
‘People can misinterpret almost anything so that it coincides with views they already hold. They take from art what they already believe.’ -SKubrick Went through Kohn’s speech again and still don’t see it the way the markets do. Am I missing something? Financial Markets and Central Banking I thought it might be
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