tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65095280830124085812024-03-28T05:37:26.327-07:00Common Sense CapitalismDefending What Made America Great- The Free Market SystemCommon Sense Capitalismhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00993915152802677685noreply@blogger.comBlogger1329125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509528083012408581.post-54743101702187267482016-06-16T07:24:00.000-07:002016-06-16T07:24:15.768-07:00Differences Between the June 2016 FOMC Statement and the June 2015 FOMC Statement<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">Information
received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in April </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span class="msoDel"><del cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">suggests</del></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span class="msoIns"><ins cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">indicates</ins></span> that <span class="msoIns"><ins cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">the pace of improvement in the
labor market has slowed while growth in </ins></span>economic activity </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span class="msoDel"><del cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">has been
expanding moderately after having changed little during the first quarter. The
pace of job gains </del></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span class="msoIns"><ins cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">appears to have </ins></span>picked up</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span class="msoDel"><del cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48"> while</del></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span class="msoIns"><ins cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">. Although</ins></span> the unemployment rate </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span class="msoDel"><del cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">remained
steady. On balance, a range of labor market indicators suggests that
underutilization of labor resources </del></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span class="msoIns"><ins cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">has declined, job gains have </ins></span>diminished</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span class="msoDel"><del cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48"> somewhat</del></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">. Growth in household spending has </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span class="msoDel"><del cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">been moderate
and the </del></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span class="msoIns"><ins cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">strengthened.
Since the beginning of the year, the </ins></span>housing sector has </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span class="msoDel"><del cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">shown some
improvement; however,</del></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span class="msoIns"><ins cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">continued to improve and the drag from net exports
appears to have lessened, but</ins></span> business fixed investment </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span class="msoDel"><del cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">and net
exports stayed </del></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span class="msoIns"><ins cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">has been </ins></span>soft. Inflation <span class="msoIns"><ins cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">has </ins></span>continued
to run below the Committee's <span class="msoIns"><ins cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">2 percent </ins></span>longer-run objective, partly
reflecting earlier declines in energy prices and </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span class="msoDel"><del cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">decreasing</del></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span class="msoIns"><ins cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">in</ins></span> prices of non-energy imports</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span class="msoDel"><del cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">; energy
prices appear to have stabilized.</del></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span class="msoIns"><ins cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">.</ins></span> Market-based measures of inflation
compensation </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span class="msoDel"><del cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">remain low;</del></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span class="msoIns"><ins cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">declined; most</ins></span> survey-based measures
of longer-term inflation expectations </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span class="msoDel"><del cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">have remained stable</del></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span class="msoIns"><ins cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">are little changed, on balance, in recent months</ins></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">Consistent
with its statutory mandate, the Committee seeks to foster maximum employment
and price stability. The Committee <span class="msoIns"><ins cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">currently </ins></span>expects that, with </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span class="msoDel"><del cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">appropriate</del></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span class="msoIns"><ins cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">gradual adjustments in the stance of monetary</ins></span>
policy</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span class="msoDel"><del cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48"> accommodation</del></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">, economic activity will expand at a moderate
pace</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span class="msoDel"><del cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">, with</del></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span class="msoIns"><ins cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48"> and</ins></span> labor market indicators </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span class="msoDel"><del cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">continuing to
move toward levels the Committee judges consistent with its dual mandate. The
Committee continues to see the risks to the outlook for economic activity and
the labor market as nearly balanced.</del></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span class="msoIns"><ins cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">will strengthen.</ins></span> Inflation is </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span class="msoDel"><del cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">anticipated</del></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span class="msoIns"><ins cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">expected</ins></span> to remain </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span class="msoDel"><del cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">near its
recent </del></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">low </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span class="msoDel"><del cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">level </del></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">in the near term, <span class="msoIns"><ins cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">in part because of earlier
declines in energy prices, </ins></span>but </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span class="msoDel"><del cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">the Committee expects inflation </del></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">to rise </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span class="msoDel"><del cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">gradually toward</del></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span class="msoIns"><ins cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">to</ins></span> 2 percent over the medium term as
the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span class="msoDel"><del cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">labor market
improves further and the </del></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">transitory effects of </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span class="msoDel"><del cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">earlier</del></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span class="msoIns"><ins cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">past</ins></span> declines in energy and import
prices dissipate</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span class="msoDel"><del cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">.</del></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span class="msoIns"><ins cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48"> and the labor market strengthens further.</ins></span>
The Committee continues to<span class="msoIns"><ins cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48"> closely</ins></span> monitor inflation <span class="msoIns"><ins cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">indicators and
global economic and financial </ins></span>developments</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span class="msoDel"><del cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48"> closely</del></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span class="msoDel"><del cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">To support continued progress toward maximum
employment and price stability</del></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span class="msoIns"><ins cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">Against this backdrop</ins></span>, the Committee </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span class="msoDel"><del cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">today
reaffirmed its view that the current 0 to 1/4 percent</del></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span class="msoIns"><ins cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">decided to maintain the</ins></span> target range
for the federal funds rate <span class="msoIns"><ins cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">at 1/4 to 1/2 percent. The stance of monetary
policy </ins></span>remains </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span class="msoDel"><del cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">appropriate. </del></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span class="msoIns"><ins cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">accommodative, thereby supporting further
improvement in labor market conditions and a return to 2 percent inflation.<o:p></o:p></ins></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">In
determining </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span class="msoDel"><del cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">how long to
maintain this </del></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span class="msoIns"><ins cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">the timing and size of future adjustments to the </ins></span>target
range<span class="msoIns"><ins cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48"> for
the federal funds rate</ins></span>, the Committee will assess </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span class="msoDel"><del cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">progress--both
</del></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">realized and expected</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span class="msoDel"><del cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">--toward</del></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span class="msoIns"><ins cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48"> economic conditions relative to</ins></span> its
objectives of maximum employment and 2 percent inflation. This assessment will
take into account a wide range of information, including measures of labor
market conditions, indicators of inflation pressures and inflation
expectations, and readings on financial and international developments. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span class="msoDel"><del cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">The Committee
anticipates that it will be appropriate to raise the target range for the
federal funds rate when it has seen further improvement in the labor market and
is reasonably confident that inflation will move back to its 2 percent
objective over the medium term</del></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span class="msoIns"><ins cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">In light of the current shortfall of inflation from
2 percent, the Committee will carefully monitor actual and expected progress
toward its inflation goal. The Committee expects that economic conditions will
evolve in a manner that will warrant only gradual increases in the federal
funds rate; the federal funds rate is likely to remain, for some time, below levels
that are expected to prevail in the longer run. However, the actual path of the
federal funds rate will depend on the economic outlook as informed by incoming
data</ins></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">The
Committee is maintaining its existing policy of reinvesting principal payments
from its holdings of agency debt and agency mortgage-backed securities in
agency mortgage-backed securities and of rolling over maturing Treasury
securities at auction</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span class="msoDel"><del cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">.</del></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span class="msoIns"><ins cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">, and it anticipates doing so until normalization
of the level of the federal funds rate is well under way.</ins></span> This
policy, by keeping the Committee's holdings of longer-term securities at
sizable levels, should help maintain accommodative financial conditions.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"><span class="msoDel"><del cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">When the Committee decides to begin to remove
policy accommodation, it will take a balanced approach consistent with its
longer-run goals of maximum employment and inflation of 2 percent. The
Committee currently anticipates that, even after employment and inflation are
near mandate-consistent levels, economic conditions may, for some time, warrant
keeping the target federal funds rate below levels the Committee views as
normal in the longer run.<o:p></o:p></del></span></span></div>
<div style="background: white;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">Voting for the FOMC monetary policy action were: Janet L. Yellen,
Chair; William C. Dudley, Vice Chairman; Lael Brainard; <span class="msoDel"><del cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">Charles L. Evans</del></span><span class="msoIns"><ins cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">James Bullard</ins></span>;
Stanley Fischer; <span class="msoDel"><del cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">Jeffrey M. Lacker; Dennis P. Lockhart</del></span><span class="msoIns"><ins cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">Esther L.
George; Loretta J. Mester</ins></span>; Jerome H. Powell; <span class="msoIns"><ins cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">Eric Rosengren; and </ins></span>Daniel
K. Tarullo<span class="msoDel"><del cite="mailto:2016" datetime="2016-06-16T08:48">;
and John C. Williams.<o:p></o:p></del></span></span></div>
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Common Sense Capitalismhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00993915152802677685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509528083012408581.post-31037303905665542452014-05-12T01:00:00.000-07:002014-05-12T01:00:02.309-07:00(Video) Milton Friedman: Should Good Samaritan Behavior Be Imposed by the State?<iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Qnh7HI901Mk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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Common Sense Capitalismhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00993915152802677685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509528083012408581.post-18465085539994117282014-05-05T01:00:00.000-07:002014-05-05T01:00:01.327-07:00(Video) Milton Friedman vs Free Lunch Advocate<iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/9Qe7fLL25AQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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Common Sense Capitalismhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00993915152802677685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509528083012408581.post-10974006645770087592014-04-28T01:00:00.000-07:002014-04-28T01:00:02.404-07:00(Video) Milton Friedman vs Poverty Advocate and Heckler<iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/mCLgPz2tuoI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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Common Sense Capitalismhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00993915152802677685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509528083012408581.post-35926160146560605112014-04-21T01:00:00.000-07:002014-04-21T01:00:04.615-07:00(Video) Milton Friedman: The Individual, Government, and the Free Market<iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/dPyRqZl-NJM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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Common Sense Capitalismhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00993915152802677685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509528083012408581.post-30468708384437719972014-04-14T01:00:00.000-07:002014-04-14T01:00:03.548-07:00(Video) Milton Friedman: The Slippery Slope of Regulations and Entitlements<iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/ABicxEUEiwo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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Common Sense Capitalismhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00993915152802677685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509528083012408581.post-88829999989447736232014-04-07T01:00:00.000-07:002014-04-07T01:00:05.470-07:00(Video) Milton Friedman: Limits to Freedom<iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/G-DjelGYyMI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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Common Sense Capitalismhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00993915152802677685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509528083012408581.post-4437038611023528832014-03-31T01:00:00.000-07:002014-03-31T01:00:00.803-07:00(Video) Milton Friedman: Two Types of Freedom<iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/1uKDywXXmzY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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