The Federal Reserve should weigh asset sales to curb inflation, says Kansas City Fed President Esther George
A top Federal Reserve official said the central bank should consider selling bonds from its $9 trillion asset portfolioand guard against harmful effects that can result from raising short-term rates above long-term rates.
In an interview Friday, Kansas City Fed President Esther George said one drawback of expanding the Fed’s asset portfolio to stimulate the economy in downturns, a process sometimes called quantitative easing, is that officials may now face more complications in removing stimulus by using two policy tools—interest rates and the bond portfolio.
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