So Now We Know Who Really Controls Our Money

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen (R) and International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde (L) listen to opening remarks before addressing the Institute for New Economic Thinking Conference on Finance and Society at the IMF in Washington May 6, 2015.  REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

IMF warns Fed should delay rate hike until 2016

The U.S. Federal Reserve should delay a rate hike until the first half of 2016 until there are signs of a pickup in wages and inflation, the International Monetary Fund said in its annual assessment of the economy on Thursday.

The fund’s report comes amid signs that some rate setters at the U.S. central bank are also pushing for rate hikes to be delayed until there are clearer signs of a sustained recovery. U.S. data has been mixed and the economy shrank 0.7 percent in the first quarter.

“Based on the mission’s macroeconomic forecast, and barring upside surprises to growth and inflation, this would put lift-off into the first half of 2016,” the fund said.

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Average Joe
Average Joe
9 years ago

Jim Rickeds….Currency Wars and The Death of Money….REAL eye openers.

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