 AIER routinely comments on the Fed's monetary policy, particularly its low interest rates and quantitative easing, since the 2008 recession.The institute believes that the Federal Reserve is cautious and it questions the role that their expansionary policies have played since the financial crisis.AIER believes that the Fed is largely to blame for the sluggish recovery of the US economy and attributes much of this slow recovery to the floor system, which discourages banks from lending.