Lacker says Fed program raises inflation threat
Published: September 15, 2012
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The lone dissenter to the Federal Reserve's decision to launch a third round of bond buying to boost the economy says he doesn't think it will provide much help. He also says it runs the risk of making future inflation worse.
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Jeffrey Lacker, the president of the Richmond Federal Reserve Bank, opposed the Fed's action to begin buying $40 billion a month in mortgage-backed securities and keep making those purchases until the labor market improves. The Fed's action Thursday triggered a rally on Wall Street and in financial markets around the world.
Lacker said in a statement Saturday that he believes the labor market is being held back by factors beyond the capacity of the Fed to offset. The Fed vote was 11 to 1.
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