Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Moneteziation continues

The Federal Reserve bought $2.551 billion of Treasuries in the first outright purchase of U.S. government debt since October to prevent money from being drained from the financial system.
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Comment: One of the criteria of wisdom is not to sacrifice the good in the long run for a short-lived benefit in the present. By this criterion the Fed's policy is very unwise.

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