Econ Comments & Analysis
Market Watch | Fed's Plosser more worried about the exit
Charles Plosser, the president of the Philadelphia Fed Bank, said Friday he was growing more worried about the eventual exit from the Fed's bond-buying program and suggested the central bank put a limit on how large its balance sheet should grow as a way of ending the program.
CNBC | Policing banks: The feds' big fail
Obamacare isn't the only piece of landmark legislation that some members of Congress have been diligently working to delay.
Bloomberg | Fed’s Bubble Alarm Stuck on Snooze
The Federal Reserve’s policy of unrestrained quantitative easing has worked like rocket fuel for U.S. stocks this year. Case in point: Rocket Fuel Inc.
National Journal | Hey, Inflation Truthers, Enough Already!
Uncle Sam's number crunchers reported Wednesday that the American economy is, for now at least, safe from inflation. But they're lying to you. And so is the Federal Reserve Board, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a pan-ideological coalition of the nation's top economists.
Washington Times | Enough is enough — it’s time to end the secrecy at the Federal Reserve
In 1995, Sen. Harry Reid took to the Senate floor and exclaimed, “For years, I have sponsored legislation that would call for an audit of the Federal Reserve system. I offer that amendment every year, and every year the legislation gets nowhere. I think it would be interesting to know about the Federal Reserve. I think we should audit the Federal Reserve.”
