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发表于 2010-9-29 08:18 AM
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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- A new round of Federal Reserve purchases of bonds would have little impact on markets or the economy, Minneapolis Fed President Narayana Kocherlakota said in a speech on Wednesday. Speaking in London, Kocherlakota on Wednesday outlined several reasons why buying government bonds wouldn't make a major impact. For one, banks already have nearly $1 trillion in excess reserves. "QE gives them new licenses to create money, but I do not see why they would suddenly start to use the new ones if they weren't using the old ones," he said, according to a copy of the text he was due to deliver. He also said the increase in tax risk "completely undoes" the decrease in interest rate risk. Further, because financial markets are functioning much better, it would be "more challenging" for the Fed to impact bond spreads to the same degree as the first quantitative easing program. Kocherlakota becomes a voting member of the Federal Open Market Committee in 2011. |
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