Re: Whither the Fed?

2004-08-10 Thread Yoshie Furuhashi
Jim wrote: I would guess that the Fed -- led by Dubya's close friend Alan, who visits the White House more than weekly -- is going to surprise the financial markets by standing pat on August 10th. (I'll be out of the country, so I won't be able to stop them.) The Fed raised the rate today. How

Re: Whither the Fed?

2004-08-10 Thread Doug Henwood
Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: The Fed raised the rate today. How committed are they to this course of action in the next 12-18 months? All depends on the data that comes out over the next 12-18 months. They don't have any preconceived strategy; it's strictly a seat of the pants operation. Doug

Re: Whither the Fed?

2004-08-07 Thread Yoshie Furuhashi
... and make the next POTUS John Kerry a weak president without a big mandate at the same time.) Is there a subtle flaw here? If either Kerry or Bush is elected they will have a big mandate. It just won't be from the people, but the corporate purchasers. I fear the people's mandate can no longer

Re: Whither the Fed?

2004-08-07 Thread Michael Hoover
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/07/04 2:11 AM ... and make the next POTUS John Kerry a weak president without a big mandate at the same time.) Is there a subtle flaw here? If either Kerry or Bush is elected they will have a big mandate. It just won't be from the people, but the corporate purchasers. I

Whither the Fed?

2004-08-06 Thread Yoshie Furuhashi
Whither the Fed? (Doug Henwood comments on US economy: just 32,000 new jobs, way way below both recent trend and expectations -- and earlier months were revised down. Is the Fed still committed to a series of quarter-point hikes -- including one in September -- over the next 18 months

Re: Whither the Fed?

2004-08-06 Thread Devine, James
I would guess that the Fed -- led by Dubya's close friend Alan, who visits the White House more than weekly-- is going to surprise the financial markets by standing pat on August 10th. (I'll be out of the country, so I won't be able to stop them.) This policy will be justified by something

Re: Whither the Fed?

2004-08-06 Thread Yoshie Furuhashi
I would guess that the Fed -- led by Dubya's close friend Alan, who visits the White House more than weekly -- is going to surprise the financial markets by standing pat on August 10th. (I'll be out of the country, so I won't be able to stop them.) blockquoteThe Fed holds its next interest rate

Re: Whither the Fed?

2004-08-06 Thread Dan Scanlan
... and make the next POTUS John Kerry a weak president without a big mandate at the same time.) Is there a subtle flaw here? If either Kerry or Bush is elected they will have a big mandate. It just won't be from the people, but the corporate purchasers. I fear the people's mandate can no longer

a fed worth supporting

2004-02-17 Thread Dan Scanlan
Title: a fed worth supporting U.S. prosecutor sues Ashcroft Last Updated Tue Feb 17 14:27:49 2004 WASHINGTON-- A U.S. federal prosecutor in one of the first war on terror trials is suing Attorney General John Ashcroft, alleging he was investigated for raising concerns about the war on terror

Fed by Anger, Undercurrent of Nationalism Flows in Serbia

2004-02-15 Thread Yoshie Furuhashi
* The New York Times February 15, 2004 Fed by Anger, Undercurrent of Nationalism Flows in Serbia By NICHOLAS WOOD BELGRADE, Serbia - Alexander Eror, a soft-spoken, 27-year-old elementary school teacher, does not like to think of himself as a nationalist. So, he explained, when he voted

Treasury or Fed Driving Dollar Direction?

2004-01-11 Thread Eubulides
Treasury or Fed Driving Dollar Direction? Reuters Sunday, January 11, 2004; 1:07 PM By Daniel Bases NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department is officially in charge of government policy on the dollar, but it is becoming clear to investors that the Federal Reserve is in control

the Fed at the AEA meetings

2004-01-04 Thread Eubulides
http://www.federalreserve.gov/boarddocs/speeches/2004/

The Fed in Wyoming II

2003-09-02 Thread Eubulides
http://www.kc.frb.org/Publicat/sympos/2003/sym03prg.htm [for all papers...] Monetary Policy and Uncertainty: Adapting to a Changing Economy A symposium sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Jackson Hole, Wyoming August 28 - 30, 2003 Foreword THOMAS M. HOENIG President, Federal

Re: the fed and the yuan

2003-07-28 Thread dsquared
On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 10:36:29 -0700, Michael Perelman wrote: The US approved of the Argentinian peg and disapproves of the Chinese peg. Does anyonc sense a policy of expediency? Not only that, but according to this morning's FT, Greenspan said that China cannot go on accumulating ever more

Re: the fed and the yuan

2003-07-24 Thread Michael Perelman
The US approved of the Argentinian peg and disapproves of the Chinese peg. Does anyonc sense a policy of expediency? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chico, CA 95929 530-898-5321 fax 530-898-5901

Re: the fed and the yuan (and yen)

2003-07-21 Thread Jonathan Lassen
Jim, Thanks for your response. But if it's in the US' interest to devalue the dollar relative to other currencies, then why is the US willing to allow Japan to intervene to prevent the yen from appreciating? (http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/19/business/19EURO.html - as if China's not going through

Re: the fed and the yuan (and yen)

2003-07-21 Thread Devine, James
Jonathan writes:Thanks for your response. But if it's in the US' interest to devalue the dollar relative to other currencies, then why is the US willing to allow Japan to intervene to prevent the yen from appreciating? I would guess that it's because the Japanese economy is in big trouble (and

Re: the fed and the yuan

2003-07-20 Thread Devine, James
Jonathan writes: I just can't figure out why there's suddenly a unanimous call for revaluation. Especially since foreign firms account for such a significant portion of exports from China (more than half I think). as should be well-known, the falling dollar boosts the US economy at the expense of

Re: the fed and the yuan

2003-07-20 Thread Jurriaan Bendien
It may also give the Chinese Government some extra bargaining strength in the controversy over North Korea. J.

the fed and the yuan

2003-07-19 Thread Jonathan Lassen
above $340bn by the end of June from $316bn at the end of March. The surge is viewed by many as evidence of the undervaluation of the currency. Mr Greenspan noted that John Snow, the US Treasury secretary, had already advised the Chinese authorities that they should float their currency. The Fed

Re: the fed and the yuan

2003-07-19 Thread Eubulides
- Original Message - From: Jonathan Lassen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi, What do people make of the nearly unanimous call for China to revalue the yuan and/or go off the dollar peg? Industrialists, US senators and now Alan Greenspan and EU officials have jumped on the bandwagon. Cheers,

Re: the fed and the yuan

2003-07-19 Thread Jonathan Lassen
Ian, They don't believe so: China has the right to decide its exchange rate policy and no international agreement forbids that. from: http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200307/01/eng20030701_119224.shtml But they've agreed in principle to gradually phase out capital controls in the future (as part

Re: the fed and the yuan

2003-07-19 Thread Eubulides
- Original Message - From: Jonathan Lassen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ian, They don't believe so: China has the right to decide its exchange rate policy and no international agreement forbids that. from: http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200307/01/eng20030701_119224.shtml But they've

the Fed

2003-06-24 Thread Ian Murray
Fed Set to Cut Rates to 45-Year Lows By Glenn Somerville Reuters Tuesday, June 24, 2003; 2:33 AM WASHINGTON - The U.S. Federal Reserve, seeking to rev up a slow recovery while keeping price deflation at bay, is universally expected to cut interest rates to 1958 lows this week

Re: the Fed

2003-06-24 Thread Eugene Coyle
A recession. And they weren't considered that low against the then background experience. Gene Coyle Ian Murray wrote: Fed Set to Cut Rates to 45-Year Lows By Glenn Somerville Reuters Tuesday, June 24, 2003; 2:33 AM WASHINGTON - The U.S. Federal Reserve, seeking to rev up a slow recovery while

Re: the Fed

2003-06-24 Thread Doug Henwood
Ian Murray wrote: What was going on in 1958 that necessitated low rates? It was a golden age. Rates were naturally low. Doug

Re: the Fed

2003-06-24 Thread Michael Perelman
until the early 1950s, the fed had no discretion over interest rates. Rates were kept low beginning with the wartime period to reduce the costs of debt for the treasury. I suspect that they still felt rather circumspect about increasing rates at the time. just guessing. On Tue, Jun 24, 2003

Re: the Fed

2003-06-24 Thread Devine, James
Title: RE: [PEN-L] the Fed Ian Murray wrote: Fed Set to Cut Rates to 45-Year Lows By Glenn Somerville Reuters Tuesday, June 24, 2003; 2:33 AM WASHINGTON - The U.S. Federal Reserve, seeking to rev up a slow recovery while keeping price deflation at bay, is universally expected

Re: the Fed

2003-06-24 Thread Michael Hoover
i have a different question - to which i could, no doubt, look up the answer - about federal reserve system (and i may well have come across answer in long forgotten past)... have reserve banks numbered 12 since system was established in 1913...if so, have they always been located in same

Re: the Fed

2003-06-24 Thread Michael Perelman
Missouri is the most puzzling. The have 2 branches. I don't think that the branches have ever moved. On Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 06:06:03PM -0400, Michael Hoover wrote: i have a different question - to which i could, no doubt, look up the answer - about federal reserve system (and i may well have

Re: the Fed

2003-06-24 Thread Devine, James
Title: RE: [PEN-L] the Fed i have a different question - to which i could, no doubt, look up the answer - about federal reserve system (and i may well have come across answer in long forgotten past)... have reserve banks numbered 12 since system was established in 1913... yes

Re: the Fed

2003-06-24 Thread Doug Henwood
Michael Hoover wrote: if answer to question about number of banks is no, when did it become 12...how many have there been in times past... Others have answered that it's always been 12 in the same place. My contribution is this: no place in the U.S. was supposed to be more than a day's train ride

Re: the Fed

2003-06-24 Thread Michael Perelman
Why 2 branches in Missouri? On Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 07:42:12PM -0400, Doug Henwood wrote: Michael Hoover wrote: if answer to question about number of banks is no, when did it become 12...how many have there been in times past... Others have answered that it's always been 12 in the same

Re: Rich dominate -- FED

2003-01-26 Thread Sabri Oncu
Excerpts from the below NYT article: 1) Traditional company pension plans became commonplace after World War II and are estimated to be the second-largest source of income today for elderly Americans, after Social Security. But employers offer them voluntarily, and over the last decade many have

Re: Re: Rich dominate -- FED

2003-01-26 Thread Michael Perelman
I asked only because it might be useful in evaluating the Fed report of the distribution of wealth. I am not considering making such a trade; the question was hypothetical. Although my graduate education was from Berkeley, I did not inhale, so I did not get a high degree. On Sat, Jan 25, 2003

Re: Rich dominate -- FED

2003-01-25 Thread Michael Perelman
In thinking about the Fed study of net worth, do they consider it an increase in net worth if I trade my defined benefit pension plan for a 401k of equal value? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Rich dominate -- FED

2003-01-25 Thread Sabri Oncu
Michael wrote: In thinking about the Fed study of net worth, do they consider it an increase in net worth if I trade my defined benefit pension plan for a 401k of equal value? Hear this from a 401K stuck fixed income quant. Who gives a shit to what the Fed studies say. You are a lucky guy

Rich dominate -- FED

2003-01-23 Thread Eugene Coyle
in stock prices and home values, sharply lifted household net worth -- assets minus debt -- to an average of $395,500 per family in 2001, up 29% from $307,400 in 1998. The dollar figures are all inflation-adjusted and expressed in constant, 2001 dollar terms. But the report, by Fed economists

Re: Re: little upward mobility in the US, says Fed economist

2002-11-09 Thread Carl Remick
From: joanna bujes [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... Hey everybody, we can't all be white collar professionals and we shouldn't reduce education to 1) a ticket to the gated middle class or 2) job training for corporations. Whay can't we proceed from the following assumptions: 1) we all have to share in

little upward mobility in the US, says Fed economist

2002-11-08 Thread Devine, James
Title: little upward mobility in the US, says Fed economist Peter Coy/BUSINESS WEEK/NOVEMBER 18, 2002 Less Chance to Rise in Life While the U.S. prides itself on being the land of opportunity, economists have grown less optimistic about the ability of American children to leap ahead

Re: little upward mobility in the US, says Fed economist

2002-11-08 Thread Carrol Cox
What real difference would it make if there were immense mobility among the lower 80%? There would still be a lower 20%. I suspect the only measure that would be of much general social siginficance would be the gap between the bottom 10% and the top 1%. If _that_ changes, then something has

RE: Re: little upward mobility in the US, says Fed economist

2002-11-08 Thread Devine, James
Title: RE: [PEN-L:32011] Re: little upward mobility in the US, says Fed economist From: Carrol Cox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] What real difference would it make if there were immense mobility among the lower 80%? There would still be a lower 20%. I suspect the only measure that would

Re: Re: Re: little upward mobility in the US,says Fed economist

2002-11-08 Thread Carrol Cox
I'm aware of the ideological importance of the fact and/or illusion of mobility, but I think leftists need in addition to have a grasp of its material reality (and/or unreality). And its ideological importance (as of any other ideological factor) can't really be estimated theoretically in any

Re: little upward mobility in the US, says Fed economist

2002-11-08 Thread joanna bujes
What's the solution? Mazumder suggests that more access to educational loans might help. He says many poor people who have children with great potential can't raise enough money to send them to good schools, so the children never take home the incomes they're capable of earning. God, I hate

Re: Re: Re: Re: little upward mobility in the US, says Fed economist

2002-11-08 Thread joanna bujes
At 01:47 PM 11/08/2002 -0500, you wrote: or are idle bums, or they have a victim mentality, and have not taken the ample equal opportunity available to all, like condoleeza rice, dinesh d'souza and colin powell have. in which case they deserve to be poor. screw 'em. Yeah, like a former friend

Re: Re: Re: Re: little upward mobility in the US,says Fed econ...

2002-11-08 Thread Waistline2
In a message dated 11/8/02 10:53:49 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm aware of the ideological importance of the fact and/or illusion of mobility, but I think leftists need in addition to have a grasp of its material reality (and/or unreality). And its ideological importance

Re: little upward mobility in the US, says Fed economist

2002-11-08 Thread Charles Jannuzi
--- joanna bujes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Whay can't we proceed from the following assumptions: 1) we all have to share in doing the shit jobs 2) we all do the best we can; for some best means theoretical physics; for others, best may be farming, or being a plumber, or cutting hair.

The Corn-Fed Empire Re: Food for thought

2002-10-08 Thread Yoshie Furuhashi
transformation on the other, are closely bound moments of world scale capital accumulation. http://csf.colorado.edu/jwsr/archive/vol6/number1/commentary/index.shtml * Then came the hegemony of the corn-fed American empire: * Published on Friday, July 19, 2002 in the New York Times

FED HEAD SAYS BUMF TRUMPS BUBBLE

2002-10-01 Thread Tom Walker
My brother -- who is a real estate agent and was a high school buddy and water polo team mate of N.J. Republican senate candidate Doug Forrester -- says the most bubblicious part of the market is duplex to fourplex, which in Sacto are selling for as much as 300 times monthly net income. The

RE: FED HEAD SAYS BUMF TRUMPS BUBBLE

2002-10-01 Thread Davies, Daniel
oh ye conservative Americans! 100 times monthly rent would be a rental yield of 12%, wouldn't it? Mug punters in London are still stepping up to the plate to buy investment properties at yields of 5-6%! dd As if refuting the bubble once and for all was not enough, the bumf goes on to put

Re: FED HEAD SAYS BUMF TRUMPS BUBBLE

2002-10-01 Thread Michael Perelman
What did Cockburn's father say? Don't believe anything until it is officially denied. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chico, CA 95929 530-898-5321 fax 530-898-5901

US: NY Fed Calls For CEO Pay Cuts

2002-09-20 Thread Sabri Oncu
September 20: US - NY Fed Calls For CEO Pay Cuts Location: New York Author: Tim Jones, RiskCenter Correspondent Date: Friday, September 20, 2002 New York Federal Reserve President William McDonough has called on US corporate executives to take pay cuts, saying their salary packages are bloated

Re: US: NY Fed Calls For CEO Pay Cuts

2002-09-20 Thread Finmktctr
New Release: Financial Markets Center The Fed Income Inequality: September 13, 2002 New York Fed President William McDonough got people's attention by deploring income inequality in a September 11 commemorative service at Manhattan's Trinity Church. Now a Financial Markets Center analysis looks

Re: Re: Re: Re: Fed on preventing parallels to Japanese deflation

2002-07-31 Thread Doug Henwood
by the Senate. The twelve regional branches are owned by their member banks, and their senior officers are chosen by the bank owners with Washington's approval. The whole system is self-financing, meaning they don't have to worry about getting appropriations from Congress; the Fed turns over a $20-25

Fed on preventing parallels to Japanese deflation

2002-07-30 Thread Hinrich Kuhls
The New York correspondent of the Swiss journal Neue Zuercher Zeitung (NZZ) today reports on the recently published Fed paper Preventing Deflation: Lessons from Japan's Experience in the 1990s. A couple of days ago the NZZ also reported on a rumour going around that the Fed could have

Re: Fed on preventing parallels to Japanesedeflation

2002-07-30 Thread Doug Henwood
Hinrich Kuhls wrote: A couple of days ago the NZZ also reported on a rumour going around that the Fed could have directly intervened on stock markets and could have bought large amounts of stocks That one's always floating around. RIght-wing bears are particularly fond of it. Who knows

Re: Re: Fed on preventing parallels to Japanese deflation

2002-07-30 Thread Carl Remick
From: Doug Henwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hinrich Kuhls wrote: A couple of days ago the NZZ also reported on a rumour going around that the Fed could have directly intervened on stock markets and could have bought large amounts of stocks That one's always floating around. RIght-wing bears

Re: Re: Re: Fed on preventing parallels to Japanese deflation

2002-07-30 Thread joanna bujes
At 12:00 AM 07/31/2002 +, you wrote: What?! The Federal Reserve is explicitly authorized to take equity stakes in private enterprise? My God, is there anything the sovereign state of the Fed is *not* entitled to do? I'm confused. The Federal Reserve, despite its name, is very much

Re: Re: Re: Re: Fed on preventing parallels to Japanese deflation

2002-07-30 Thread Carl Remick
From: joanna bujes [EMAIL PROTECTED] At 12:00 AM 07/31/2002 +, you wrote: What?! The Federal Reserve is explicitly authorized to take equity stakes in private enterprise? My God, is there anything the sovereign state of the Fed is *not* entitled to do? I'm confused. The Federal Reserve

Re: Re: Re: Fed on preventing parallels to Japanesedeflation

2002-07-30 Thread Doug Henwood
Carl Remick wrote: What?! The Federal Reserve is explicitly authorized to take equity stakes in private enterprise? My God, is there anything the sovereign state of the Fed is *not* entitled to do? The big financial dereg act of ca. 1980 authorized the Fed to buy pretty much whatever paper

Fed doesn't understand moral hazard and need for marketdiscipline

2001-10-03 Thread Charles Brown
markets that are hesitant to provide money to the companies that need it the most. The Fed easing is not very effective at the moment, because there are powerful things working against the Fed, said Jan Hatzius, an economist at Goldman, Sachs. He pointed to a sharp drop in business investment

fwd: The Fed props European banks

2001-09-13 Thread Andrew Hagen
Fed provides $50 billion to European banks in US. The NY Fed moves to NJ. FOMC to reduce interest rates again on Oct 2 or before. Thursday September 13 10:59 AM ET Fed Gives $50B to Support Europe Banks Slideshows By MARTIN CRUTSINGER, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP)- The Federal Reserve

Mayer on Fed

2001-06-28 Thread Forstater, Mathew
The Fed...has become a highly theatrical enterprise, eager to seize attention and create attitudes. Where once the puppetmaster was behind the scenes concealing the strings, the spinmaster is now out front, announcing decisions and reasons for them while the market is open - sometimes

The Fed and the Dollar

2001-06-21 Thread David Shemano
Regarding the prior and current discussion of Fed policy, the high dollar, etc., please read the attached Jude Wanniski column from today entitled Greenspan Undermines the AFL-CIO!!, the title of which alone may perk the interest of some of you. http://www.polyconomics.com/

Mayer on The Fed

2001-06-18 Thread Ian Murray
[From the NYT] June 17, 2001 Pitiful, Helpless Giant Martin Mayer says the Federal Reserve is in for a lot of trouble. By DIANA B. HENRIQUES THE FED The Inside Story of How the World's Most Powerful Financial Institution Drives the Markets. By Martin Mayer. 368 pp. New York: The Free Press

Re: IMF as the world Fed?

2001-05-26 Thread Chris Burford
representatives of more oppressed people some voice. Besides it is better than the blind workings of laissez faire finance capital which sucks wealth from all over the globe into the belly of the hegemonic beast. This is not least because, for want of a better issuer of world money, its Fed issues

Bush's Tax Plan Exposed by the Fed

2001-05-08 Thread Michael Perelman
. The study, published by the Federal Reserve this week, found compelling evidence of a direct link between consumer spending and the movement of stock prices. Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan, who proposed the study, has long believed in that link, but its validity has been questioned both inside

Re: Re: Fed transparency

2001-04-26 Thread Michael Yaffey
At 10:25 PM 25-04-01, Edwin (Tom) Dickens wrote: Ferguson also says that the primary task of central banks is to get monetary policy right--that is, to pursue policies that effectively promote the objectives established by their legislatures or parliaments, such as stable prices, full

Re: Fed transparency

2001-04-25 Thread Edwin Dickens
Doug Henwood wrote: It would, of course, be very clever of the Fed to announce their commitment to transparency just as they were retreating from it. But until they start acting that way, I'll take Ferguson at his word. Doug Ferguson also says that the primary task of central banks

Re: Re: Fed transparency

2001-04-25 Thread Doug Henwood
Edwin Dickens wrote: Ferguson also says that the primary task of central banks is to get monetary policy right--that is, to pursue policies that effectively promote the objectives established by their legislatures or parliaments, such as stable prices, full employment, and maximum sustainable

Fed transparency

2001-04-24 Thread Doug Henwood
. It would, of course, be very clever of the Fed to announce their commitment to transparency just as they were retreating from it. But until they start acting that way, I'll take Ferguson at his word. Doug

Bloomberg: Fed Shows It Still Got Game

2001-04-18 Thread Sabri Oncu
They call this inter-meeting rate cut a surprise but why am I not surprised at all? Sabri + Fed Shows It Still Got Game Commentary. William Pesek Jr. is a columnist for Bloomberg News. The opinions expressed are his own. By William Pesek Jr. Washington, April 18 (Bloomberg

Re: Bloomberg: Fed Shows It Still Got Game

2001-04-18 Thread Doug Henwood
thing just last Sunday - and both Berry and the WSJ are regularly leaked to by the Fed. So it's very likely that AG changed his mind only recently. Doug

Re: Re: Bloomberg: Fed Shows It Still Got Game

2001-04-18 Thread Sabri Oncu
Well if it was no surprise to you, you should get a job on Wall Street! Yesterday's WSJ had an article suggesting a cut was unlikely, and the Washington Post's John Berry said the same thing just last Sunday - and both Berry and the WSJ are regularly leaked to by the Fed. So it's very likely

Re: Re: Bloomberg: Fed Shows It Still Got Game

2001-04-18 Thread Jim Devine
, and the Washington Post's John Berry said the same thing just last Sunday - and both Berry and the WSJ are regularly leaked to by the Fed. So it's very likely that AG changed his mind only recently. Doug It was a total surprise to me. It surprises me that Greenspan and the guys share my pessimistic view

Re: Re: Bloomberg: Fed Shows It Still Got Game

2001-04-18 Thread Doug Henwood
Tom Walker wrote: Oh Doug, Doug, Doug, Doug! Did you forget that one of the classic uses of 'leaking' to journalists is to set up 'surprises'? It makes no sense for the Fed to want to surprise the markets with a rate cut. Yes, with foreign exchange intervention - that's a case where a central

Re: Re: Re: Bloomberg: Fed Shows It Still Got Game

2001-04-18 Thread Sabri Oncu
--- Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It was a total surprise to me. It surprises me that Greenspan and the guys share my pessimistic view of the near future of the US business cycle and so act in such a panicked way. And their information is much, much better than mine is. Jim,

Re: Re: Re: Bloomberg: Fed Shows It Still Got Game

2001-04-18 Thread Sabri Oncu
Yes Doug, The risk you mention below exists and it is a serious risk. Indeed, it is possible that this "surprise" rate cut will hurt their ability to intervene in the future. Who knows? At least to me, they look scared and desperate. But maybe, they are! Sabri It makes no sense f

Re: Re: Re: Re: Bloomberg: Fed Shows It Still Got Game

2001-04-18 Thread Andrew Hagen
On Wed, 18 Apr 2001 15:10:40 -0700 (PDT), Sabri Oncu wrote: Moreoever I agree with Tom that surprises are usually set up through "leaks" to the media. I remember seeing many news articles about Iraq' s renewed interest in arsenal build up in journals such as FT, NYT and the like before Bush

Fed Hypocracy

2001-04-18 Thread Michael Perelman
Has anyone ever taken note of how the Fed. is so worried about the importance of saving and keeping wages down, while at the same time spending so lavishly on itself. If you have never seen one of the Fed's palaces, you should treat yourself. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California

Will Fed rate cut rescue Michigan ? Detroit News frontpage

2001-03-21 Thread Charles Brown
Wednesday, March 21, 2001 Will Fed rate cut rescue Michigan? Quick relief unlikely as recession grips state ( Banner front page headline) David Coates / The Detroit News Kevin Hughes gets ready to buy a TV at ABC Warehouse Tuesday. Merchants hope the interest rate cut will spur

Let them eat fed

2001-01-03 Thread Tom Walker
Snap quiz: 1. What is the meaning of this 1/2 point fed rate cut, 4 weeks ahead of schedule and the euphoric stock market response? 2. Why is the fed "always right"? 3. Is there a danger that over reaction in financial markets could undermine the impact of the rate cut on the re

Re: Let them eat fed

2001-01-03 Thread Jim Devine
Tom asked: 1. What is the meaning of this 1/2 point fed rate cut, 4 weeks ahead of schedule and the euphoric stock market response? It may mean that Greenspan shares the intuitive feeling that the US economy is currently going into a steep recession that I and many others have, and that it's

Re: Re: Let them eat fed

2001-01-03 Thread Doug Henwood
Jim Devine wrote: 2. Why is the fed "always right"? (a) because it has the best information One of the Feds - either the Board or one of the regional banks, can't remember which - recently did a study comparing the Fed's own economic forecasts with those of private forecasters.

Conflicts of interest at the Fed

2000-12-03 Thread Lisa Ian Murray
There's a document released on November 13th available at the GAO's website The document # is GAO-01-160 http://www.gao.gov

Re: Conflicts of interest at the Fed

2000-12-03 Thread Michael Perelman
This report seems to refer to the competitive advantage that the Fed has in performing services like check clearing. In other words, it seems to call for more privatization of the Fed's functions. Lisa Ian Murray wrote: There's a document released on November 13th available at the GAO's

Krugman Watch: the Fed

2000-05-25 Thread Jim Devine
n interest rates should have been a non-event. A rational financial market supposedly reacts only to news -- and last week's move, which had been all but pre-announced by Fed officials and which newsletters had been predicting for a month, came as no surprise to anyone. And indeed on the day of th

Re: Re: NIPA history and Fed follies

2000-05-25 Thread Jim Devine
? Of course there's a limit -- somewhere. But even with 3.9% unemployment, there's plenty more (and better) jobs yet to be wrung out of the system. The question, as I said, is where the limit is. The Fed says that we're attaining that limit. Since the powers that be are saying that the limit has

Re: NIPA history and Fed follies

2000-05-23 Thread Timework Web
Jim Devine wrote: In any event, full employment doesn't solve the environmental problem. It doesn't end the exploitation of labor. Nor does it put out the cat or let in the dog. Are you then arguing AGAINST full employment because it doesn't reduce your

Re: Re: Re: Re: NIPA history and Fed follies

2000-05-22 Thread Jim Devine
I wrote: Also, can't it be said that within the context of capitalism, any emancipation won due to fast growth and low unemployment is at best transitory, since eventually the reserve army will be restored, if not by Greenspan by the slow-down in accumulation that results from squeezed

Re: NIPA history and Fed follies

2000-05-22 Thread Timework Web
Jim Devine wrote: No, I'm arguing that we need to go beyond simply being in favor of full employment. (Bumper sticker summary: "Full Employment is Not Enough!" or "We Don't Just Want Bread, We Want Roses, Too!") This is especially true since there are other

Re: NIPA history and Fed follies

2000-05-22 Thread Timework Web
Max Sawicky wrote: We've done that number. It's 126.4 I've never done 126.4. Do you have to raise your hand first? Tom Walker

Re: Re: NIPA history and Fed follies

2000-05-22 Thread Jim Devine
On the other hand, Jim, here's this delightful quote from the _New Republic_, September 1945 ("The Road to Freedom: Full Employment"): Oh yes, back when TNR was a good magazine. "Our experience with periods of labor shortage indicates that its first effect is greatly to increase the

Re: NIPA history and Fed follies

2000-05-21 Thread Timework Web
Doug Henwood wrote: Well, the class war is an aggregate of sorts, and central bankers like Greenspan are very aware of the balance of class forces. A 3.9% unemployment rate disturbs their sleep. Speaking strategically of the class war as aggregate, the advantage goes to the side who can best

RE: Re: NIPA history and Fed follies

2000-05-21 Thread Max B. Sawicky
. . . From a working class perspective, the principle underlying NAIRU -- for example -- could be more accurately called the "non-advancing emancipation rate of coercion" (NAERC). In the absence of such a number, it is nevertheless feasible to re-interpret the official statistics and

Re: Re: NIPA history and Fed follies

2000-05-21 Thread Jim Devine
Doug Henwood wrote: Well, the class war is an aggregate of sorts, and central bankers like Greenspan are very aware of the balance of class forces. A 3.9% unemployment rate disturbs their sleep. Tom Walker writes: Speaking strategically of the class war as aggregate, the advantage goes to

Re: Re: Re: NIPA history and Fed follies

2000-05-21 Thread Carrol Cox
Jim Devine wrote: Also, can't it be said that within the context of capitalism, any emancipation won due to fast growth and low unemployment is at best transitory, since eventually the reserve army will be restored, if not by Greenspan by the slow-down in accumulation that results from

Re: NIPA history and Fed follies

2000-05-21 Thread Timework Web
On Sun, 21 May 2000, Jim Devine wrote: I'd say that most workers would also like the idea of "non-inflationary growth," given the fact that capitalism isn't about to crumble and die. Low unemployment is great for the working class (after all, a lot of worker who normally can't get jobs are

Re: NIPA history and Fed follies

2000-05-20 Thread Timework Web
I might add that the apotheosis of Alan Greenspan is a fine example of the extent to which economic policy is now captive to a fetish of the aggregate. The ONLY question that seems to matter is "is 'the economy' too hot or not too hot?" The astrology of fed watching uses the sa

Re: Re: NIPA history and Fed follies

2000-05-20 Thread Doug Henwood
Timework Web wrote: I might add that the apotheosis of Alan Greenspan is a fine example of the extent to which economic policy is now captive to a fetish of the aggregate. The ONLY question that seems to matter is "is 'the economy' too hot or not too hot?" The astrology of fed wat

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