Showing posts with label national growth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label national growth. Show all posts

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Will This Help? "Fed's Rosengren blasts US government spending cuts"

Commentary by Roger Erickson

He's still talking like a Deficit Dove, but even that helps for the moment.

Increased spending cuts and tax increases in the United States have weakened the country’s outlook for near-term economic growth, and heightened the risk that inflation expectations could fall and real interest rates could rise, according to Boston Federal Reserve chief executive Eric Rosengren.

“A long-term sustainable solution for fiscal balance is absolutely in the country’s interest. But timing is an issue, ...”

When will financial people catch on that "fiscal balance" - i.e., balanced fiat - is a meaningless phrase in real fiscal operations?  The whole purpose of fiscal operations is to balance conditions risking national growth with those risking national contraction.