Monday, March 7, 2011

Fed must be flexible given oil prices, Lockhart says

QE1, QE2, QE3, and so on.

Headline: Fed must be flexible given oil prices, Lockhart says

Dennis Lockhart, the president of the Atlanta Fed, said that while his first instinct is to be “very cautious” about making another round of bond purchases once the Fed’s $600 billion bond-buy program expires in June, he said he would consider them depending on oil prices.

Given the new risks from the Middle East turmoil, “I prefer a posture of flexibility as regards to policy options,” he said in a speech at the National Association for Business Economics.

Source: marketwatch.com

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