Alternate Timelines

Scenarios about 'federal reserve'

The Federal Reserve is the central banking system of the United States, established in 1913 to provide the nation with a safer, more flexible, and more stable monetary and financial system. It conducts monetary policy to promote maximum employment, stable prices, and moderate long-term interest rates, while also supervising and regulating banks and maintaining financial stability. In alternate history scenarios, changes to the Federal Reserve's formation, policies, or powers often serve as critical divergence points that reshape economic development and international financial systems.

What If Monetarism Never Became Influential?

Exploring the alternate timeline where monetarist economic theory never gained prominence, potentially altering decades of economic policy, central banking practices, and the global fight against inflation.

What If Reaganomics Was Never Implemented?

Exploring the alternate timeline where the supply-side economic policies of the Reagan administration never came to fruition, potentially reshaping America's economic landscape, wealth distribution, and global influence.

What If Stagflation Never Occurred?

Exploring the alternate timeline where the economic phenomenon of stagflation never materialized in the 1970s, potentially reshaping global economic policy, monetary theory, and political developments for decades to come.

What If The 2008 Financial Crisis Was Prevented?

Exploring the alternate timeline where regulatory action and financial foresight prevented the 2008 global financial crisis, dramatically altering the economic and political landscape of the 21st century.

What If The Black Monday Crash of 1987 Never Happened?

Exploring the alternate timeline where the largest single-day percentage decline in U.S. stock market history never occurred, potentially reshaping the trajectory of financial markets, regulation, and global economic development.

What If The Federal Reserve Was Never Created?

Exploring the alternate timeline where the United States never established its central banking system in 1913, potentially reshaping American monetary policy, economic development, and global financial influence throughout the 20th and 21st centuries.