Inflation is all over the news and commentary today, particularly after a presidential election that was allegedly all about it. The problem remains that few who utter the word grasp its singular ...

This content is provided by an external author without editing by Finextra. It expresses the views and opinions of the author. Universal Monetary Unit (UMU), symbolized as ANSI Character, Ü, is ...

Forty years ago, on August 15, 1971, President Nixon took to the airwaves to declare that the U.S. Treasury would no longer redeem foreign demand for gold in exchange for dollars. Because the United ...

Monetary policy is an approach taken by a central bank or government authority that is intended to influence economic growth by expanding or constraining the supply of money in that region. The vast ...

About the author: David Ranson is head of research at HCWE & Co. in Portland, OR. Contrary to a popular misconception, inflation is not caused by an excess of “demand” over “supply.” It’s far more ...

Deborah D'Souza is the former news editor at Investopedia. She also writes articles that bring together information from across different financial fields. Yarilet Perez is an experienced multimedia ...

This data series is part of the Center for Monetary Research. Monetary Policy Surprises data capture the exogenous changes in interest rates over tight windows around the monetary policy announcements ...

In exceptional times, monetary finance may provide helpful policy support but there are risks. The severe economic challenges posed by the global financial crisis, and more recently the pandemic, ...