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Monday, November 26, 2012

Monetary

News                                                                                                                             
Bloomberg | Overnight Rates Surge in Fed’s Operation Twist
You wouldn’t know the Federal Reserve has done nothing but add to its record monetary stimulus from looking at short-term funding markets.

Blogs                                                                                                                             
AEI | 2 charts that show the Fed is not monetizing the debt
While there’s much in Fed policy to criticize over the past decade, there’s no need to overstate things. Right now, for instance, we see lots of talk that the Fed is monetizing the debt, which would be indistinguishable from money printing. In fact, it is money printing and risks a dangerous bout of inflation. But is that really what the Fed is doing?