It is that time on the calendar when the FOMC gathers to discuss the economic landscape and analyze the output of flawed models to set a course with the a strong sense of absolute certainty of their convictions … at least until the next crisis. Many analysts are spewing the concept of another QE program so as to give the recent improving data some extra lift to insure that the recent growth has legs. It would be a bad decision for many reasons but the top three arguing against any new QE program are:
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Notes From Underground: QE Or Not QE? What a Silly Question
January 23, 2012Notes From Underground: U.S. Treasuries, A Fixed Market That Is Badly Broken
January 10, 2012One of the most important elements to the purpose of the financial markets is to be an indicator of flawed policy. If money is too loose, the BOND VIGILANTES will assure policy makers that it is time to tighten by pressuring BOND YIELDS higher. As Bill Clinton’s attack dogJames Carville so elegantly stated: “I want to be reincarnated as the bond market because it intimidates everyone.” The huge FED QE PROGRAM has temporarily castrated the BOND market as FED INTERVENTION means that the BOND VIGILANTES lack the fortitude to signal the markets. Even the EUROPEANS have momentarily silenced the market by the huge liquidity pump via the LTRO program with another LTRO coming at the end of February.