“I am one of the guys who like the option value of deciding the week of the meeting as opposed to two weeks before the meeting,” he told reporters Tuesday.
Commentary: Andrew F. Quinlan - The folly of credit card price controls
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The popularity of COVID relief has provided an excuse for Congress to pass items with tenuous connections, at best, to the pandemic, but that have long populated liberal wish lists. Even after the passage of the $1.9 trillion so-called stimulus, the trend is likely to continue. To the detriment of consumers, an expansion of debit card price controls to include credit cards may be next up on the list.
Over 10 years ago, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act included the Durbin Amendment, which set a cap on the “swipe fees” retailers pay when a debit card is used in their stores. Looking back, we now have ample evidence to show that the caps have done what price controls always do: Backfired and harmed consumers.
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The comments come after investors fervently dumped Treasurys amid boosted expectations for consumer-price growth.
Businesses in the Richmond area don t seem to be raising prices at an unhealthy rate, Barkin added.
Concerns of rampant consumer-price growth and the resulting sell-off in the Treasury market were natural but missed the bigger picture, Thomas Barkin, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, said Monday.
Markets endured a bout of heightened volatility last week as improved growth expectations boosted risk-taking. Investors furiously dumped Treasury bonds and growth stocks for cyclical names in anticipation for new stimulus to drive stronger inflation. The days-long trend sparked questions around whether inflation could soon exceed the Fed s target and, in turn, lead the central bank to raise its benchmark interest rate.
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President Thomas Barkin says the U.S. could face a bumpy first six months but will be well supported by the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines and fiscal stimulus later in the year.
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