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Vector Insights18 June 2021
The lessons of crises.
Brad Livingstone-Foggo, Head of Marketing - Australia
Hamilton, the musical, recently had its Australian premiere in Sydney and a Melbourne season has been announced. It is based on the life of Alexander Hamilton, the first Secretary of the Treasury, who was responsible for the economic policies of Washington’s administration.
It was during George Washington’s first term that a battle of words captivated the public as a series of back and forth essays (way longer than Twitter’s 280 characters) appeared in the press about executive power, debt and the central bank. The ‘trolling’ included personal barbs between Hamilton and future President Thomas Jefferson. When in power, Jefferson didn’t force the closure of Hamilton’s First Bank of America; that was President Madison.
The current incarnation of the US Federal Reserve System emerged prior to World War One after the ‘Panic of 1907’. Since then it has been a key player during periods of economic turbulence. And while central bankers throughout history have played from different playbooks in response to crises – the lesson for investors in a crisis is a simple one.
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