On the off - chance that you are reading this, Dr. Bernanke, Ben, I would simply say that
removing policy accommodation is easier said than done.
The main idea was to illustrate the difficulties that the Federal Reserve will face in
removing policy accommodation.
The summary statement from that meeting mentioned concerns about
removing policy accommodation.
«The Federal Reserve also signaled that, despite the positive economic news, it would take a balanced approach to
removing policy accommodation that has kept the benchmark federal funds rate near zero since 2008,» Sibson and Segal Rogerscasey said.
As you begin
removing policy accommodation, what assurances can you give that we won't have a similar selloff?
At a press conference Thursday afternoon, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke fielded a number of questions from reporters about the open - ended nature of monetary easing, saying, «We're not going to be premature in
removing policy accommodation... We're going to give it some time to make the sure the recovery is well established.»
The U.S. Federal Reserve is likely to continue
removing policy accommodation gradually and could hike rates three times this year, Dallas Fed President Robert S. Kaplan told a business conference in Frankfurt on Thursday.
4) The way I understand the FOMC's behavior at present, is that they will drop rates hard for a time, and then
remove policy accommodation dramatically once normal economic activity resumes.
We see upside in yields as attention returns to the Fed and some other central banks gradually
remove policy accommodation, though structural factors such as aging populations and strong demand for income limit upward moves.
They can engage in fancy strategies where they try to
remove policy accommodation either through rates or the size of the balance sheet, but one thing Fed history teaches us is that the Fed doesn't know what will happen when a tightening cycle starts, but usually it ends with a bang — some market blowing up.
When the Committee decides to begin to
remove policy accommodation, it will take a balanced approach consistent with its longer - run goals of maximum employment and inflation of 2 percent.
Not exact matches
Many investors have been surprised at the complacency in the markets given geopolitical risks (North Korea, for example), domestic political risks (tax reform, trade war, etc.) and central banks in the U.S., Europe and China either
removing, or talking about
removing, monetary -
policy accommodation.
To keep the economy on a sustainable path, I expect that it will be appropriate to
remove monetary
policy accommodation at a regular but gradual pace — and perhaps a bit faster than the three, one - quarter point increases envisioned for this year in the assessment of appropriate
policy from the December 2017 FOMC meeting.
After repeated episodes stretching back to 2013 when the Fed had failed to deliver predicted rate rises, market participants were now faced with a specific warning from Fed Chair Yellen that
policy accommodation would be
removed more quickly than in previous years.
It also requires that an organization have
policies and procedures for establishing individual
accommodation plans where barriers can not be
removed proactively, shifting the onus from the individual who needs the
accommodation to the person who provides it.