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January 20, 2012

Why a Little Fed Transparency Could Be Dangerous

Stephen Oliner, RealClearMarkets

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For decades, investors have spent countless hours speculating about the Federal Reserve's agenda on interest rates. Market watchers study every adjective in often-cryptic Fed statements for clues about the outlook for monetary policy. . .

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TAGGED: interest rates, Federal Reserve System, Ben Bernanke, Stephen Oliner

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