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U.S.Stock Market Crashes and Their Aftermath: Implications for Monetary Policy

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Eugene White () (Rutgers University and NBER)
Frederic Mishkin (Columbia University and NBER)

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This paper examines fifteen historical episodes of stock market crashes and their aftermath in the United States over the last one hundred years. Our basic conclusion from studying these episodes is that financial instability is the key problem facing monetary policy makers and not stock market crashes, even if they reflect the possible bursting of a bubble. With a focus on financial stability rather than the stock market, the response of central banks to stock market fluctuations is more likely to be optimal and maintain support for the independence of the central bank.

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Paper provided by Rutgers University, Department of Economics in its series Departmental Working Papers with number 200208.

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