Moreover, reversing the direction of policy would hardly be helpful
for central bank credibility as the central banks around the world who raised rates and then were forced to reverse themselves have discovered.
Not exact matches
Lacker said he was concerned the economy could heat up enough
for inflation to get above the Fed's 2 percent target, hurting the
central bank's
credibility.
I think our board, although unusual amongst other boards, there are very few if any other
central banks that have this kind of a board, but in our country,
for this kind of filter to be applied to the decision process, I think adds to the
credibility, to the legitimacy that the whole process has in the eyes of ordinary people and that's very important.
That marks an important shift
for a
central bank whose credibility had been threatened and was seen at risk of mimicking the Bank of Japan's long, losing battle with deflat
bank whose
credibility had been threatened and was seen at risk of mimicking the
Bank of Japan's long, losing battle with deflat
Bank of Japan's long, losing battle with deflation.
Central banks will try everything to avoid or reverse a deflationary collapse in paper asset markets because a deflationary collapse is «game over»
for their
credibility, governments, and politicians.