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QE3 is around the corner
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-02
/fed-seen-laying-ground-for-more-large-scale-asset-purchases.html
Fed Lays Ground for Large-Scale Asset Buys
Federal Reserve officials are probably engineering a third round of large-
scale asset purchases, while they are unlikely to announce a decision today,
according to economists in a Bloomberg News survey.
Sixty-nine percent of those surveyed say Chairman Ben S. Bernanke will
embark on a third round of quantitative easing, or QE3, with a plurality of
36 percent predicting the move in the first quarter of next year, according
to the poll of 42 economists from Oct. 26-31.
“We are becoming increasingly persuaded that QE3 is coming, this time
focused on purchases of mortgage-backed securities,” said Dana Saporta, U.S
. economist at Credit Suisse in New York. “The best guess is at this
meeting they’ll try to build some consensus around the idea and lay the
groundwork for eventual purchases.”
Fed officials are weighing further easing even after economic growth last
quarter accelerated to the fastest pace in a year. Vice Chairman Janet
Yellen and Chicago Fed President Charles Evans said in speeches last month
that more action may be needed to reduce an unemployment rate stuck around 9
percent or higher for 30 months. Governor Daniel Tarullo said the Fed
should consider buying housing debt to lower mortgage rates and spur growth.
Three regional bank presidents have dissented against two easing steps since
August, posing the strongest opposition among policy makers since 1992.
Bernanke hasn’t publicly said whether he believes a third-round of asset
purchases is necessary. In a speech last month in Boston, he said the
Federal Open Market Committee is exploring ways to better communicate its
goals, including through its forecasts and policy statement. |
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