This book has been written as a practical guide for finance markets professionals to explain US monetary policy and to make forecasts of future interest rate levels. Aimed at market players, familiar with US policy instruments, Explaining and Forecasting the US Federal Funds Rates will provide a means of making independent interest rate forecasts as well as explaining current rate levels.

MATTHEW CLEMENTS is a freelance economist and is author of many articles on market commentaries on economics in the financial press. He was previously employed as an economist by Prebon Yamane in London.