Been a fan before i was in congress of going beyond the saids initiative feds policy. I felt like q1, q2 and q3 do not create the job increases that policymakers at the time thought. I have been concerned as we go back and look backwards since 2008 that said officials have always been a little reluctant to talk about some of the unintended consequences such as a distorting the price mechanism in our economy, depressing cap rates for real estate or running up equity prices which i think are a result we have flooded from qe2 into our economy affecting prices. Today, i have not heard discussion, we talked about the Balance Sheet and Interest Rates , i want to talk about the money multiplier affect in your toolbox. We flooded the system with reserves, but we have a money multiplier down at apples rates , 1930s types rate. I guess my view, you shouldnt lower Interest Rates on banks as raising rates and planting this very thoughtful, careful shrinkage of the Balance Sheet . Chair yellen the
Front of us. We have talked before about Monetary Policy and i havent been a fan as a banker before i was in congress of going beyond the feds initial Interest Rate policies i felt like qe 1, 2 and 3 didnt produce the gdp effects or job increases that perhaps fed policy makers at the time thought. I have also been concerned that as we go back and look backwards now since 2008 that fed officials really have always been a little reluctant to talk about some of the unintended consequences of that, such as distorting the price mechanism in our economy, depressing cap rates for commercial real estate or running up equity prices which i think are a result when you have that, we have flooded from qe 2 into our economy, affecting price earnings, multiples, et cetera today i havent heard any discussion, we talked about the Balance Sheet, we talked about setting Interest Rates but i want to talk a little bit about the money multiplier aspect in your toolbox we flooded the system with reserves bu
The committee will come to order. The chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. Members will have five legislative days to submit extraneous materials for the record. This is the purpose of receiving the semiannual testimony of the chair of the board of governors of the Federal Reserve system on Monetary Policy on the estate on the state of the economy. Recognize myself for an opening statement. Since we last convened on Monetary Policy, there have been encouraging economic headlines. Onfidence is up unemployment remains low, as does inflation. But it rests too much on incredibly low participation payment high disability participation rights. Both paychecks and savings for working Americans Still have room to grow after eight years of distortionary Economic Policy under the Previous Administration. On the fiscal front, help is on the way. House republicans have passed the American Health care act to lifted the burden of obamacare on our economy and the finan
Her term ands in february. Inwhen her term ends february. The committee will come to order. The chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. Members will have five legislative days to submit extraneous materials for the record. This is the purpose of receiving the semiannual testimony of the chair of the board of governors of the Federal Reserve system on Monetary Policy on the estate on the state of the economy. Recognize myself for an opening statement. Since we last convened on Monetary Policy, there have been encouraging economic headlines. Onfidence is up unemployment remains low, as does inflation. But it rests too much on incredibly low participation payment high disability participation rights. Both paychecks and savings for working Americans Still have room to grow after eight years of distortionary Economic Policy under the Previous Administration. On the fiscal front, help is on the way. House republicans have passed the American Health care act to l
We try not to opine on whether theyre correct or theyre not correct. But on, as you asked what the potential spillovers or impacts on Financial Stability could be of asset price revaluations, my assessment of that is that as asset prices have moved up, we have not seen a substantial increase in borrowing based on those asset price movements. We have a Financial System, a Banking System thats well capitalized and strong, and i believe its resilient. Okay. Thank you. Time of the gentle lady has expired. The chair now recognizes the gentleman from missouri, mr mr. Lucamire, chairman of the subcommittee. Thank you, mr. Chairman and thank you, madam chair, for being here today. As chairman of the Financial Institutions subcommittee, my concern is the oversight by the various Financial Services agencies. Chair yellen, when it comes to the feds supervisory role, i renew my call and the call of so many colleagues that the fed take a more measured approach and withhold any new regulation until