Power and Independence of Federal Reserve

In this fascinating study of the Federal Reserve System, Peter Conti-Brown shows that much of what investors know about the formulation and implementation of US monetary policy is wrong. He also demonstrates that much of the expert commentary in the media (e.g., regarding future interest rate actions) proceeds from false premises about the central bank's internal dynamics. Although practitioners should not accept all of Conti-Brown's conclusions uncritically, they can assuredly profit from his debunking of conventional wisdom about a key driver of the financial markets.