Lacker Sees US Fed Rate Hike in Mid-2013

Lacker says Fed should get out of mortgage market

BALTIMORE (Reuters) - An improving U.S. housing market suggests it is time for the Federal Reserve to stop aiming its stimulus at the real estate sector, Richmond Fed President Jeffrey Lacker said on Wednesday. "When you look at housing market conditions, I think you could make the case that we should be getting out of mortgage-backed securities," Lacker told reporters after...

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Rate futures traders see no Fed rate hike until mid-2015

foxbusiness.com (18 days ago)

Job market outside Fed’s control: Lacker

Structural forces are hampering the labor market, according to Richmond Fed President Jeffrey Lacker on Friday. He also played down recent low inflation readings.

marketwatch.com (16 days ago)

Lacker says Fed should get out of mortgage market

BALTIMORE (Reuters) - An improving U.S. housing market suggests it is time for the Federal Reserve to stop aiming its stimulus at the real estate sector, Richmond Fed President Jeffrey Lacker said on Wednesday.

reuters.com (4 days ago)

Once an Inflation Hawk, Always an Inflation Hawk

Filed under: EconomyEver since the Federal Reserve began its first quantitative easing program in late 2008, Richmond Fed President Jeffrey Lacker has been warning that future inflation is going to run wild and doom us all. Nearly 5 years later, with inflation running at an average of 1.2% in the last four quarters, Lacker continues to warn us against the evils of coming...

dailyfinance.com (16 days ago)

The Fed's Revised Economic Projections

If there is one thing to be said about the just revised economic projections from the Fed (2013 GDP slightly lower on the upper range, the same as the unemployment rate which the Fed now sees dropping to as little as 6.7% in 2014), is that the economy will do everything but what the Fed has forecast, at least if history is any indication. When it comes to tightening, the...

zerohedge.com (2 months and 1 day ago)

The Fed: Fed’s Bullard eyes tightening next year

James Bullard, the president of the St. Louis Fed, said conditions may be in place for the Fed to mull a rate hike in June 2014.

marketwatch.com (2 months and 28 days ago)

Kirby: Former PWC exec sees rate hike ahead

Utility rate-payers beware.

fayobserver.com (3 months and 4 days ago)

Lacker says Fed should get out of mortgage market

foxbusiness.com (3 days ago)

A Debate in the Open on the Fed

On Tuesday night, Charles L. Evans and Jeffrey M. Lacker, two Federal Reserve officials who disagree most sharply about the Fed’s current policy, engaged in a public debate.

nytimes.com (1 month and 15 days ago)