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Skanda Amarnath

Skanda Amarnath

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Aug 27, 2020

By Doubling Down On Inflation Targeting, The Fed Is At Risk of Forgetting Lessons From 2008 & 2011

The Fed has chosen to double down on an inflation-oriented framework for setting monetary policy. While there are some advantages in the…

By Doubling Down On Inflation Targeting, The Fed Is At Risk of Forgetting Lessons From 2008 & 2011

Skanda Amarnath

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Jul 29, 2020

The Fed Still Needs To Do Its Part — Six Ways To Improve The Evans Rule To Recover Jobs And Wages

Authors: Skanda Amarnath & Sudiksha Joshi

The Fed Still Needs To Do Its Part — Six Ways To Improve The Evans Rule To Recover Jobs And Wages

Skanda Amarnath

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Jul 28, 2020

The Success of the Evans Rule and The Case For State-Based Quantitative Forward Guidance

Author: Skanda Amarnath & Sudiksha Joshi

The Success of the Evans Rule and The Case For State-Based Quantitative Forward Guidance

Skanda Amarnath

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Jun 12, 2020

How Congress Can Stop The Fed From Dragging Its Feet In How It Lends To Municipalities

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How Congress Can Stop The Fed From Dragging Its Feet In How It Lends To Municipalities

Skanda Amarnath

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Mar 15, 2020

The Fed Can And Should Support State Government Efforts To Respond To COVID-19 Right Now

Authors: Skanda Amarnath (Employ America), Yakov Feygin (Berggruen Institute)

The Fed Can And Should Support State Government Efforts To Respond To COVID-19 Right Now

Skanda Amarnath

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Mar 9, 2020

COVID-19 and Low Interest Rates Make Fiscal Stimulus And Enhanced Automatic Stabilizers A…

The impact of COVID-19 is likely to be sizeable. Regardless of the precise composition of the shock to supply and demand, further…

Skanda Amarnath

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Feb 6, 2020

Tracking Gross Labor Income In Real-Time Without Revisions

The official national accounts estimate of gross labor income (GLI) is based on the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW), but…

Tracking Gross Labor Income In Real-Time Without Revisions

Skanda Amarnath

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Aug 12, 2019

The Fed’s Revelations About The Labor Market Warrant A New Approach To Policy

The Fed now recognizes that its interventions have helped to create millions of jobs and promoted a better equilibrium in the long run. A…

The Fed’s Revelations About The Labor Market Warrant A New Approach To Policy

Skanda Amarnath

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Jun 14, 2019

Are Recessions Rare? Depends On The Definition: Lessons From The Prime-Age Employment Rate

Recessions are commonly defined as real GDP contracting for two consecutive quarters, but this definition is both arbitrary and heavily…

Are Recessions Rare? Depends On The Definition: Lessons From The Prime-Age Employment Rate

Skanda Amarnath

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Jun 13, 2019

The Northern Frontier: What Prime-Age Employment In The US & Canada Reveal

The prime-age employment-to-population (PA EPOP) ratio is better than the headline (U-3) unemployment rate as a barometer of labor…

The Northern Frontier: What Prime-Age Employment In The US & Canada Reveal

Skanda Amarnath

Skanda Amarnath

Skanda is the Director of Research & Analysis at Employ America. He was previously an economist at MKP Capital Management and a research analyst at the NY Fed.

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