Volume 16, Number 1 February 2020 Volume 16, Number 1Volume BANKING OF CENTRAL JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL February 2020 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CENTRAL BANKING rve System Con Rese feren eral ce o ed munication Practi n : F Com ces Mo ue nd (A F ne ss , a ed ta l I ls L ry a oo is P ci T te o e , n l p gy s ic S te E y a ve tr Introduction n S t) The Federal Reserve’s Current Framework for Monetary Policy: A Review and Assessment Janice C. Eberly, James H. Stock, and Jonathan H. Wright Global Dimensions of U.S. Monetary Policy Maurice Obstfeld Monetary Policy Strategies for the Federal Reserve Lars E.O. Svensson Are QE and Conventional Monetary Policy Substitutable? Eric Sims and Jing Cynthia Wu Financial Stability Considerations and Monetary Policy Anil K. Kashyap and Caspar Siegert International Journal of Central Banking Volume 16, Number 1 February 2020 Special Issue: Federal Reserve System Conference on Monetary Policy Strategy, Tools, and Communication Practices (A Fed Listens Event) Introduction 1 The Federal Reserve’s Current Framework for Monetary Policy: 5 A Review and Assessment Janice C. Eberly, James H. Stock, and Jonathan H. Wright Global Dimensions of U.S. Monetary Policy 73 Maurice Obstfeld Monetary Policy Strategies for the Federal Reserve 133 Lars E.O. Svensson Are QE and Conventional Monetary Policy Substitutable? 195 Eric Sims and Jing Cynthia Wu Financial Stability Considerations and Monetary Policy 231 Anil K. Kashyap and Caspar Siegert The contents of this journal, together with additional materials provided by article authors, are available without charge at www.ijcb.org. Copyright c 2020 by the Association of the International Journal of Central Banking. All rights reserved. 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ISSN: 1815-4654 International Journal of Central Banking Board of Directors Chairman Richard Clarida, Federal Reserve Board Board Members Elias Albagli, Central Bank of Chile Emanuel M¨onch, Deutsche Bundesbank Ahmed Alkholifey, Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority Gerard O’Reilly, Central Bank of Ireland David E. Altig, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Eva Ortega, Bank of Spain A¨ımene Benabderrahmane, Bank of Algeria Fabio Panetta, Bank of Italy Jan Marc Berk, The Nederlandsche Bank Michael D. Patra, Reserve Bank of India Claudio Borio, Bank for International Settlements Th´orarinn G. P´etursson, Central Bank of Iceland Jan Bruha, Czech National Bank Manuel Ramos Francia, Bank of Mexico Paul Castillo, Central Reserve Bank of Peru Sigal Ribon, Bank of Israel Lillian Cheung, Hong Kong Monetary Authority Kasper Roszbach, Norges Bank Keen Meng Choy, Monetary Authority of Singapore Glenn Rudebusch, Federal Reserve Bank of San Laurent Clerc, Bank of France Francisco Francisco G. 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