IBD–Split Federal reserve Likely To 'Twist': A '60s-Era Policy Flop

A sharply divided Federal Reserve is expected to take modest steps Wednesday to bolster stagnant growth and hiring amid European debt woes.

The efforts likely won’t have a dramatic impact, analysts say. But inflation concerns may preclude stronger medicine, and in any case prior doses of shock-and-awe easing didn’t result in a self-sustaining, robust recovery.

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One comment on “IBD–Split Federal reserve Likely To 'Twist': A '60s-Era Policy Flop

  1. Bart Hall (Kansas, USA) says:

    They cannot fix it because you cannot correct a problem of excess debt by adding more debt … or in this case, by shuffling debt from one bucket to another.

    [u]=[/u] Fool’s Errand.