Economic Perspectives

My primary blog is Economic Perspectives. It contains explanations of the fundamental principles of macroeconomic policy plus commentaries on relevant articles in the news.

Macroeconomic policy refers to the government's attempts to promote economic growth, low unemployment, and low inflation through the use of monetary and fiscal policies. Monetary policy is the central bank's use of the money supply, interest rates, and the loans generated by the banking system to influence the overall level of spending in the economy. The U.S. central bank is the Federal Reserve System (the Fed). Fiscal policy is the use of taxation and government spending to influence the overall level of spending in the economy.