While cautioning that the economy still needs the central bank’s support, Yellen stated that the nation’s economic recovery will be nearing completion within two years.
On Tuesday morning, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen spoke before the House of Representatives in the semiannual Monetary Policy Report. These are her first public comments since assuming the role as head of the U.S. central bank from her predecessor Ben Bernanke on Feb. 3, 2014.
There’s a very dangerous meme making the rounds.
It goes something like this:
The economy is improving, therefore the Fed’s going to taper… and, when it does, the economy is strong enough to endure the withdrawals that will come with it.
Don’t fall for it.
On December 23rd, the Federal Reserve will turn 100 years old.
We can look back on its few successes… but its many failures far outweigh any positives it may have achieved.
What’s at stake now is the Fed’s future. And it looks bleak.
Be careful out there.
The stock market rally that started in March 2009… The one that’s taken us out of the Great Recession and to new highs… The rally that’s driving sentiment indicators of people who benefit from rising financial assets directly, peripherally, or because they hope all boats rise with the market…
Central banks may have foolish policies, but central bankers are no dummies.
