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The Fed is pumping huge amounts of money into the economy: former New York Fed chief

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Zero progress here.... ie where it matters..... ZEEEEEEEEEEERRRROOOOOOOOOOO...... So what of the concern that the rapid growth of bank reserves will prove inflationary? This concern is misplaced. The Fed can adjust the interest rate it pays on bank reserves, controlling the cost of credit and influencing whether the reserves are lent out. Only when the bank reserves are lent out does the expansionary credit multiplier process start to work. The Fed controls this process because it controls short-term interest rates. They are making the typical reification error you always see with these people and are believing the accounting abstractions termed “Reserve Assets”  are real and are “lent out”...Major cognitive errors continue to be made by these people...  unqualified... The Fed is pumping

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Zero progress here.... ie where it matters..... ZEEEEEEEEEEERRRROOOOOOOOOOO......

So what of the concern that the rapid growth of bank reserves will prove inflationary? This concern is misplaced. The Fed can adjust the interest rate it pays on bank reserves, controlling the cost of credit and influencing whether the reserves are lent out. 

Only when the bank reserves are lent out does the expansionary credit multiplier process start to work. The Fed controls this process because it controls short-term interest rates.

They are making the typical reification error you always see with these people and are believing the accounting abstractions termed “Reserve Assets”  are real and are “lent out”...

Major cognitive errors continue to be made by these people...  unqualified...



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Mike Norman is an economist and veteran trader whose career has spanned over 30 years on Wall Street. He is a former member and trader on the CME, NYMEX, COMEX and NYFE and he managed money for one of the largest hedge funds and ran a prop trading desk for Credit Suisse.

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