The economic sluggishness has made it ever more challenging for the Fed to meet its two-part legal mandate: maintaining price stability while promoting maximum employment.
The actions Friday involved two lending facilities set up recently by the Fed to meet the needs of banks, investment banks and other financial institutions hit by the credit crisis after a series of disclosures about the shakiness of their packages of subprime mortgages.
The Fed's bloated balance sheet and payment of interest on excess reserves (IOER) constitute a completely new operating framework--one that likely makes it harder for the Fed to meet its inflation goals.
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Making these calls requires the Fed to meet with the most respected thinkers on Wall Street, who can help structure the deals required to rescue the institutions worth saving.
B8 BUSINESS DAY C1-24 Fed to Meet on Interest Rates The Federal Reserve Board meets tomorrow to consider whether to raise interest rates and, amid signs of inflation, may feel compelled to adopt a more aggressive inflation-fighting stance than it has employed in years.
But the sluggish economy has been challenging as the Fed works to meet its mandate of securing price stability while promoting employment.
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The further loss of jobs last month is bound to concern monetary policy makers at the Fed, who are scheduled to meet on Tuesday.
