Home Fed’s Brainard: Effects of yield curve control would be comparable to quantitative easing
FXStreet News

Fed’s Brainard: Effects of yield curve control would be comparable to quantitative easing

Additional comments from Fed Governor Lael Brainard continue to cross the wires as she speaks in an interview with Yahoo Finance.

Key quotes (via Reuters)

  • Effects of yield curve control would be comparable to quantitative easing.
  • Don’t see negative interest rates being a useful part of Fed’s arsenal.
  • We need to avoid slippage in inflation expectations.
  • Concerned about policies whittling away at core resilience of banking system.
  • Risky corporate borrowers have taken on a lot of debt in this recovery.

FX Street

FX Street

FXStreet is the leading independent portal dedicated to the Foreign Exchange (Forex) market. It was launched in 2000 and the portal has always been proud of their unyielding commitment to provide objective and unbiased information, to enable their users to take better and more confident decisions.