While Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell's speech at the Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium last week didn't break any new ground other than confirming market pricing for further near-term rate cuts, several academic papers presented at the symposium and Bank of England Governor Mark Carney's luncheon speech provided deeper insights into global monetary linkages that have become an increasing headache for central bankers both in the U.S. and elsewhere. While a brief blog post won't do justice to all of these contributions, here are my main takeaways.
Some historical perspective first: Largely thanks to UC