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post: Fed’s Mester: It Will Take Longer to Gain Confidence Inflation’s Moving Toward 2% Fed’s Mester: Current Restrictive Policy Will Help Lower Inflation Fed’s Mester: Welcomes CPI Data Sign of Cooling Inflation Fed’s Mester: Expects Gradual Progress on Lowering Inflation post: FED’S MESTER: RISKS TO THE INFLATION SIDE OF FED MANDATE HAVE INCREASED. post: <=USD>:*FED'S MESTER: PRUDENT TO HOLD RATES 'FOR LONGER' TO ASSESS DATA *MESTER: INFLATION PROGRESS WILL DEPEND MORE ON EASING DEMAND *MESTER: DATA SUGGEST RISKS TO FED'S INFLATION GOAL HAVE RISEN *MESTER: READINGS ON SHORT-TERM INF. EXPECTATIONS HAVE RISEN
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There are certain names that echo down from the history of finance and economics. Adam Smith is one. Milton Friedman is another. So does the British economist John Maynard Keynes. Keynes’ was, and famously remains, an advocate of government deficit spending in a recession. It’s hard to imagine now how radical this position was in the decade before the ...