The Fed favors guidance over bond buys (Blog)
The Fed favors guidance over bond buys (Blog)
- October 29, 2014
- Eric Swanson, economics professor, is quoted in The Wall Street Journal Oct. 29, 2014
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From The Wall Street Journal:
The Federal Reserve’s forward guidance has been a lot more effective at keeping long-term
rates down and stimulating the economy than its three bond-buying programs, says Eric
Swanson, an economist at the University of California, Irvine, who until recently
was a researcher at the San Francisco Fed.
For the full story, please visit http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2014/10/29/the-fed-favors-guidance-over-bond-buys/.
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