Edward Harrison — Stephen Roach: Fed dangles QE3 ‘crack’ cocaine as ‘raw meat’ for markets

Stephen Roach:

QE1 worked because it was in the midst of wrenching crisis. QE2 failed, despite what the Fed’s research shows. Twist 1 has failed. Twist 2 is failing. When 70% of the economy is in a balance sheet recession and the growth rate for 18 quarters in row has been at less than 1% at an average annual rate, consumers are telling you something. They want to pay down debt and rebuild saving and all of the monetary stimulus in the world is not going to change what is a perfectly rational response. So the idea that the Fed is going to step in and save the day, it has not worked in the past except during the depths of the crisis and i give them credit for that.

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Stephen Roach: Fed dangles QE3 ‘crack’ cocaine as ‘raw meat’ for markets
Edward Harrison