Insight·Jan 22, 2015

The Role and Impact of Monetary Policy in an Uncertain Economy

Lars Peter Hansen

How has monetary policy helped in nurturing a sluggish recovery? What expectations should the public have for the role of monetary policy in the future? How do Federal Reserve decision-makers confront or cope with uncertainty when designing and implementing monetary policy? President Charles Evans of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and Lars Peter Hansen, 2013 Nobel laureate from the University of Chicago, explored these questions in an insightful and open discussion held at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.

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