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Fed Warms to Notion of Using Rates to Fight Bubbles
HILSENRATH’S TAKE Yesterday’s commentary addressed the relationship between the Fed’s interest rate policies and the regulations it employs to prevent financial bubbles. The question at hand: Can the Fed rely on regulatory policies known as “macroprudential” tools to prevent bubbles? Or does it need to use the blunt instrument of higher interest rates to stamp out financial excess? The Fed has described macroprudential tools as its first line of defense against bubbles. Our commentary laid out some reasons why these tools might not be sufficient to address the problem. In a speech at the National ... (full story)
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