Crises before and after the creation of the Fed

Early Elias and Oscar Jorda

FRBSF Economic Letter, 2013, issue may6

Abstract: The Federal Reserve was created 100 years ago in response to the harsh recession associated with the Panic of 1907. Comparing that recession with the Great Recession of 2007?09 suggests the Fed can mitigate downturns to some extent. A statistical analysis suggests that if a central bank had lowered interest rates during the 1907 panic the same way the Fed did during the 2008 financial crisis, gross domestic product would have contracted two percentage points less than it actually did.

Keywords: Federal; Reserve; System; -; History (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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