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Inflation Is Very, Very Low. Time to Worry?
CNNMoney, April 19, 2013. All Rights Reserved. Prices aren’t going up very much. Should we celebrate? Not really. Inflation that’s too low could be a bad sign for the U.S. economy, and some Federal Reserve officials are starting to get concerned. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, St. Louis Fed President James Bullard pointed to the […] -
Fed’s Raskin: Accommodative Pol to Help Econ Cont Gain Traction
MNI | Deutsche Börse Group, April 18, 2013. All Rights Reserved. NEW YORK (MNI) – Federal Reserve Board Governor Sarah Bloom Raskin Wednesday underlined her support for ongoing aggressive push by the Fed to support economic growth, saying that it will help the recovery gain a more secure foothold, with the measures potentially becoming "increasingly […] -
Fed Policies Helping Low-Income Americans – Raskin
Reuters, April 18, 2013. All Rights Reserved. (Reuters) – Easy money policies are bringing some relief to lower-income Americans hard-hit in the recession and the easing could become increasingly potent as the housing market recovers, a top U.S. Federal Reserve official said on Thursday. In a speech on equality and the U.S. economy, Fed Governor Sarah […] -
Fed’s Raskin Asks Economists to Pay More Attention to the Poor
MarketWatch, April 18, 2013. All Rights Reserved. If economists focused more research on the experiences of less-advantaged households, they might gain new insight on the current struggles of the U.S. economy, said Federal Reserve Governor Sarah Bloom Raskin on Thursday. “It strikes me that macroeconomists are far from a comprehensive understanding of how wealth and […] -
Fed’s Raskin: Monetary Policy to Gain Potency as Housing Picks Up
The Wall Street Journal, April 18, 2013. All Rights Reserved. Federal Reserve stimulus aimed at spurring growth will likely grow more powerful as the housing market recovers further, but the trends that have fueled income inequality aren’t likely to change much, a U.S. central bank official said Thursday. “The accommodative policies of the [Federal Open Market […] -
Kocherlakota Warns of Consequences of ‘Mandate-consistent’ Lower Rates
CentralBanking.com, April 18, 2013. All Rights Reserved. The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Narayana Kocherlakota, said today that the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) will have to live with a "considerable period" of financial instability as the price of meeting the targets of its dual unemployment-price stability mandate. Speaking at the 22nd […] -
Kocherlakota Says Low Fed Rates Create Instability
The Kansas City Star, April 18, 2013. All Rights Reserved. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Narayana Kocherlakota said the central bank’s low interest rate policies, though necessary, will probably generate signs of financial instability. “Unusually low real interest rates should be expected to be linked with inflated asset prices, high asset return volatility and […] -
Fed’s Kocherlakota: Might Have To Keep Rates Low Next 5-10 Yrs
MNI | Deutsche Börse Group, April 18, 2013. All Rights Reserved. NEW YORK (MNI) – The Federal Reserve has lowered interest rates to support an economy battered by the 2008-2009 recession, however the weak macroeconomic outlook suggests the central bank’s actions have not been enough, and it has not lowered the real interest rate sufficiently, […] -
Two Fed Presidents: Praise and Bash QE and Bond Buying
24/7 Wall Street, April 18, 2013. All Rights Reserved. The Federal Reserve may have released its Beige Book on Wednesday showing no real risks to quantitative easing and to the $85 billion per month used for buying bonds. Despite three weak economic readings so far on Thursday, two different speeches from regional presidents of the Federal […] -
Stimulus to Gain Potency as Housing Picks Up, Raskin Says
NASDAQ, April 18, 2013. All Rights Reserved. NEW YORK – Federal Reserve stimulus aimed at spurring growth will likely grow more powerful as the housing market recovers further, but the trends that have fueled income inequality aren’t likely to change much, a U.S. central bank official said Thursday. "The accommodative policies of the [Federal Open Market […] -
US’s Miller Q&A: Weak TIPS Sale Reflects Reassessed Infl Fear
MNI | Deutsche Börse Group, April 18, 2013. All Rights Reserved. NEW YORK (MNI) – Treasury Under Secretary Mary Miller Thursday night avoided a specific direct comment on the day’s relatively weak $18 billion TIPS 5-year note auction. But she did tell MNI in an exclusive comment that "over the past week, people have been […] -
Kocherlakota: Not Concerned About Fin Stability Risks Right Now
MNI | Deutsche Börse Group, April 18, 2013. All Rights Reserved. NEW YORK (MNI) – Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President Narayana Kocherlakota Thursday called on the central bank to provide even more support to the ongoing economic recovery, arguing concerns about risks to financial stability do not yet supersede the need to spur faster job […]