The FED is not there to save the economy. It is there to regulate monetary policies and is ruled by a select few banks. It's many strange decisions now and in the past are better understood when viewed as done on behalve of those banks.Quote from Adobian:
Rate should be at 12%.
Screw the real estate market !!! Save the dollar AND the economy !!! Come on FED !!!
Quote from MajorUrsa:
The FED is not there to save the economy. It is there to regulate monetary policies and is ruled by a select few banks. It's many strange decisions now and in the past are better understood when viewed as done on behalve of those banks.
The FED doesn't care about economic disaster, it cares about the spoils that remain after the event, ready for the picking by them banks.
Educate yourself some more about this issue and you'll be amazed!
Quote from Trendytrader:
True the FED is actually a private bank setup by porivate banks for their needs. Just happens to have Gov backing.
The issue we have is that we no longer have dollars backed by gold. So no reason for FED to stop running the printing presses 24x7 now.
In normal times a moderate inflation is best for ecomomic growth and thus for the controlling banks. In those periods it makes good sense to use i-rates to control the growth. It is also easily explained to the public and gives the FED a sort of dont-worry-your-gov-knows-what-its doing image. Most people dont know that the FED is not the government.Quote from Adobian:
So what is the reason for the FED to watch inflation ? I guess inflation isn't part of economy at all.