Why money supply deserves more Fed attention.

Authors :: Francis, David R.
Source :: Christian Science Monitor. 7/31/2000, Vol. 92 Issue 174, p17. 0p. 1 Chart.
Publication Year :: 2000
Abstract: Discusses the decision by United States Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan not to announce targets for growth in the US money supply. Expiration of the Humphrey-Hawkins Act which had mandated that the Federal Reserve Chair announce those figures to the Senate Finance Committee; Belief of Greenspan that the Federal Reserve controls the US economy by manipulating interest rates and not by targeting money growth; Reaction of economists.