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Lacker: The Case Against Further Delay
Good morning, and thank you for inviting me to speak with you. I think it’s fair to say that the subject of my remarks today, the Federal Reserve’s interest rate policy, has received relatively prominent media attention in recent months. But the current setting of the Fed’s policy rate dates back to the end of 2008, when the financial turmoil was worsening and the recession was deepening. That’s when the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) set a target range for the federal funds rate of between zero and 25 basis points. With short-term interest rates reduced to near zero and inflation of at least 1 percent ... (full story)
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