They are pretty responsible, that's what the Feds should do not to have a saggy currency, a primary objective of any central bank. I can only clap my hands in respect. This too shall pass, since the Euro was a new currency and had to establish itself as a reserve currency. The goal of the Euro, IMHO, was to export the European inflation to Asia, just like US did for many years. They will do just that, in due time. -g-
Preventing bubbles rather than mopping afterwards is also a pretty sound CB policy. The Fed, in fact, should not have blown a stock market bubble in 1995 and a RE bubble in 2002 to save the collapsing stock market bubble. The Fed should not target stock prices either in their policy, but that's besides the point. The BLS should be honest about inflation, or else inflation expectations will eventually skyrocket. What is happening now is a direct consequence of what happened before. Ponzi economies don't work forever. This one worked for a long time, but I think it's over now, and the collapse will take a form of a severe economic crisis along with a currency crisis. We are in process. |