Showing posts with label causes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label causes. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Fed Uberdove Admits Policy Causes Asset Bubbles (And They're Here To Stay) - Full Speech

So the blogosphere was demonized for being crackpots when we alleged the Fed was creating asset bubbles and collapses with QE and zero interest rate policies.

Well, now, the Fed itself admits guilt.  Again, to my critics:  too bad for you.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-09-09/fed-uberdove-admits-policy-causes-asset-bubbles-and-theyre-here-stay

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Asset price bubbles: What are the causes, consequences, and public policy options?

The Chicago Fed, led by Charles Evans, is probably the most dovish of the 12 regional Fed branches.  In other words, not only does Evans want QE, he wants much more of it.  Here is their latest full write up on asset bubbles, and I included an excerpt from their summary.

http://chicagofed.org/digital_assets/publications/chicago_fed_letter/2012/cflnovember2012_304.pdf

"We still do not have a good definition of an asset bubble; and we still do not know how to identify them, what causes them to grow or burst, or what their welfare implications are."
 WTF?  They don't know how to identify an asset bubble--yet, they insist perpetual printing money will solve it?  Did it occur to them that endless printing of more dollars CAUSES asset bubbles to form in the first place?  Apparently, a PhD in Economics from the University of Chicago causes brain paralysis.