What did the Fed do in response to the COVID-19 crisis? (Eric Milstein and David Wessel, Brookings)

December 18, 2021

The coronavirus crisis in the United States—and the associated business closures, event cancellations, and work-from-home policies—triggered a deep economic downturn. The sharp contraction and deep uncertainty about the course of the virus and economy sparked a “dash for cash”—a desire to hold deposits and only the most liquid assets—that disrupted financial markets and threatened to make a dire situation much worse. The Federal Reserve stepped in with a broad array of actions to keep credit flowing to limit the economic damage from the pandemic.

What did the Fed do in response to the COVID-19 crisis? (brookings.edu)

Marco Emanuele

Marco Emanuele è appassionato di cultura della complessità, cultura della tecnologia e relazioni internazionali. Approfondisce il pensiero di Hannah Arendt, Edgar Morin, Raimon Panikkar. Marco ha insegnato Evoluzione della Democrazia e Totalitarismi, è l’editor di The Global Eye e scrive per The Science of Where Magazine. Marco Emanuele is passionate about complexity culture, technology culture and international relations. He delves into the thought of Hannah Arendt, Edgar Morin, Raimon Panikkar. He has taught Evolution of Democracy and Totalitarianisms. Marco is editor of The Global Eye and writes for The Science of Where Magazine.

What did the Fed do in response to the COVID-19 crisis? (Eric Milstein and David Wessel, Brookings)

Syrian Journalists Warned Before HTS’ Massacres Against The Alawites: The New Regime Is Allowing Acts Of Vengeance Against Them; International Intervention Is A Necessity...

Making Real The New Pivot Toward The Western Hemisphere (Amb. Alberto M. Fernandez, MEMRI)

Syrian Women Fear For Their Status And Rights Under Rule Of Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham (O. Peri, MEMRI)

Geostrategic magazine (13 March 2025)

From Brain Drain to Brain Gain: How India Can Outflank the US in AI (S. Yash Kalash, Centre for International Governance Innovation)

China continues cyberattacks on routers, this time targeting Juniper Networks devices (Jonathan Greig, The Record)

CISA: More than 300 critical infrastructure orgs attacked by Medusa ransomware (Jonathan Greig, The Record)

Signal no longer cooperating with Ukraine on Russian cyberthreats, official says (Daryna Antoniuk, The Record)

Volt Typhoon hackers were in Massachusetts utility’s systems for 10 months (Jonathan Greig, The Record)