A CENTURYOF MONETARY POLICY AT THE FED

Offers insights from a 30-year veteran of the Federal Reserve Provides an insider perspective on how personalities drive financial policy Discusses the policies and strategies of Janet Yellen, the Fed’s first chairwoman Exposes secrets of the Fed’s enigmatic processes Presents the first history of the Federal Reserve since 2004, and the only one in a single volume In this narrative history, David E. Lindsey gives the reader a ringside seat to a century of policies at the US Federal Reserve. Lindsey’s three decades of service on the Federal Reserve Board staff allow him to combine the heft of scholarship with an insider’s perspective on how the recent chairmen’s and current chairwoman’s personalities and singular visions have shaped policy choices with far-reaching consequences.