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Fed's Fisher: QE3 not justified, would complicate exit strategy
Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Richard Fisher said Thursday night he would oppose a third round of quantitative easing, calling it unnecessary, doubting its efficacy and warning it would “complicate” the Fed’s eventual “exit” from a balance sheet approaching $3 trillion. Fisher said he would not want to ease monetary policy further unless there was a real deflation threat. Fisher, talking to reporters following a speech to the Austin Headliners Club, called recent growth in loan demand and actual lending a “good sign” but called it “nascent” and not a trigger for raising the rate of interest ... (full story)