when it comes to the pursuit of full employment, I would much rather have Jerome Powell as Fed Chair than Raphael Bostic axios.com/atlanta-fed-ra…
in an implicit rebuke of Powell's push for full employment, Bostic gave a big speech criticizing the pursuit of high pressure economy and using the CBO's definition to argue again periods of low unemployment atlantafed.org/blogs/macroblo…
in November 2019, Bostic said he would have voted against the rate cut because "my directors were pretty much in the hold stage [with interest rates], so that’s probably where I would have come down for that meeting." wsj.com/articles/fed-s…
I hope Ted Kaufman (@usstk) retracts these comments. It’s both not true and there’s no way a Biden Administration could get to full employment with this type of mindset. wsj.com/articles/biden…
Props to Lael Brainard for staying ... that should count for something in future debates about who should fill what roles
my main man Marriner served > 16 years: "Marriner S. Eccles was appointed chairman of the Federal Reserve Board on November 15, 1934. He resigned as chairman on January 31, 1948, and remained a Board member until July 14, 1951." federalreservehistory.org/people/marrine…
on his conversion into an activist for government intervention 2/x
"The honeymoon ended and the wrangling began soon after this cycle was checked and the New Deal at last turned its attention toward the problems of debtor relief."
Judy Shelton is ineligible to join the Board of Governors. Governors must come from separate federal reserve districts. Lael Brainard already represents the Richmond district.
Some of you will remember that this is how Peter Diamond was blocked.
"In selecting the members of the Board, not more than one of whom shall be selected from any one Federal Reserve district" federalreserve.gov/aboutthefed/se…
"Wage growth was characterized as modest or moderate in most Districts—similar to the prior reporting period—and there were scattered reports of wage increases from year-end hikes in minimum wages." @ernietedeschi
"Respondents in these three sectors also reported continued tight labor markets, but none mentioned increasing wages (other than scheduled minimum wage rises in some states)."