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The Federal Reserve as Lender of Last Resort During the Subprime Crisis Successful Stabilisation Without Structural Changes

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  • Hansj rg HERR

    (Berlin School of Economics and Law (HWR), Germany.)

  • Sina R DIGER

    (Berlin School of Economics and Law (HWR), Germany.)

  • Jennifer P dussel WU

    (Berlin School of Economics and Law (HWR), Germany.)

Abstract

This paper studies the actions of the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank (FRB) during the financial crisis from 2007-2012 rating the performance of the Federal Reserve during the crisis. The chosen scoring model approach shows that the average performance of five specific measures taken by the FRB only ranks between fair and good. Comparing Stiglitz (2010) viewpoints with those of the FRB, this paper analyses several policies and events and argues that the resulting decisions were well intentioned but that the outcome was different from expectations because of missing regulations and restrictions. Furthermore, the structure of the FRB is examined and criticized.

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JEL classification:

  • E42 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Monetary Sytsems; Standards; Regimes; Government and the Monetary System
  • E58 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Central Banks and Their Policies
  • G18 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Government Policy and Regulation
  • E65 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Studies of Particular Policy Episodes

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