Wonkblog: The Fed And Treasury Should Work More Closely Together. Say What?

Ylan Q. Mui, Washington Post: Business
Tue, 09/30/2014 - 6:30am

How independent should the Federal Reserve be? The general consensus in the wake of the Great Recession has been that the nation’s central bank should operate in a politically sterile environment, pulling whatever levers are necessary to ensure the economy gets back on track -- whether that means slashing interest rates to zero or pumping $4 trillion into the recovery.

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