Besides, we all understand the heat
central bankers take in the business media when talking down the markets.
My fundamental beef is that Kevin's work presents a false dichotomy between
central bankers taking a vow of silence and central bankers speaking about political developments in an appropriate manner.
Not exact matches
What Zhou failed to
take into account was that he hasn't proved himself a responsible
central banker.
Everywhere one looks across the developed world,
central bankers are
taking increasingly unorthodox actions to buy more time for politicians to put their fiscal affairs in order.
It's doubly surprising since the much celebrated
central banker had sworn up and down that he was not going to
take the job.
While that gathering
took place before last week's stronger employment report, investors will be looking for any hints on whether
central bankers were starting to consider a path toward raising interest rates.
Wilkins reminded her audience that there's an art to monetary policy: since it
takes so long for a change in policy to actually affect economic conditions,
central bankers must anticipate.
The
Central banker announced an adjustment in the «size, composition and duration» of the bond - buying program, with a decision to be
taken at the next meeting on 6 December.
Inflation already has China
taking steps to cool its economy, but North American
central bankers are not fighting rising prices yet.
As the monetary policy tightens and the
central bankers sponsored punch bowl is
taken away, I have been looking very closely at some of the fundamentals of my company holdings.
In short, the arguments about the difficulties of influencing activity should make
central bankers cautious and modest about their role as cyclical stabilisers, but do not excuse them from
taking the cycle into account in setting policy, and doing what they can to lop peaks and fill troughs.
One particular point I want to highlight is the need for
central bankers to be aware of the risks that their banks and corporations are
taking in regard to foreign currency exposures, as these can be a major source of financial vulnerability for a country.
Take it a step further, in the very period of the demand shock, the
central banker notices a bulge in deposits, as do all the member banks in equal error.
They are
taken into account, but we have to bear in mind that, as the article is trying to say, most
central bankers only have one tool and therefore one objective.
Also weighing on the dollar was the global economic upswing that has encouraged
central bankers in Europe and Asia to
take the first steps toward normalizing monetary policy after years of monetary stimulus.
Suspicious capital flight via banks has dropped from $ 40 billion in 2012, the year before she
took over as
central banker, to less than $ 1 billion, Danilov reports.
Central bankers prepare to take away punch bowl William McChesney Martin, who was US Federal Reserve chairman from 1951 to 1970, famously relayed a writer's quip that the central banker's job is to take away the punch bowl just as the party is starting to ge
Central bankers prepare to
take away punch bowl William McChesney Martin, who was US Federal Reserve chairman from 1951 to 1970, famously relayed a writer's quip that the
central banker's job is to take away the punch bowl just as the party is starting to ge
central banker's job is to
take away the punch bowl just as the party is starting to get good.
Yet somehow, despite policy failures that are made obvious by the lowest interest rates ever recorded in human history, a persistent narrative still dominates financial markets: all - knowing, omnipotent
central bankers are still in full control of the situation and will do «whatever it
takes» to maintain order.
While the regulators can
take actions and
central bankers like me can warn of the risks, in the end we all have a stake in maintaining financial stability.
William McChesney Martin's famous dictum that it is the job of
central bankers «to
take away the punch bowl just when the party gets going» is an early recognition of the need for monetary policy to be forward looking — and perhaps a reminder that acting in a timely fashion is not always easy.
The
central banker also warned against
taking comfort in statistics that show, on average, growth in Canadians» assets are vastly outpacing their debts, pointing to other countries whose banks made the «classic mistake» of lending based more on borrowers» assets than their liabilities.
Our
take: Youâ $ ™ ll enjoy the first half of the book as Greenspan recounts his progress from jazz musician to
central banker.
Even as our monetary policy has been messed up for over 25 years because
central bankers thought we couldn't
take any pain, so should fiscal policy assume that we can
take pain.
If avoiding a painful recession requires zero or negative interest rates that juice up asset prices and force investors — through financial repression — to reach for yield and
take more risk than they should, then — so the wisdom of today's
central bankers» goes — so be it.
Perhaps I'm overly sceptical, but unprecedented actions by
central bankers around the world — zero interest rate policy (ZIRP) usurped by negative interest rate policy (NIRP), asset - buying programs being extended into corporate bonds and even shares, a «whatever it
takes» mentality — strikes me as firmly first order thinking.