Volcker Cautions Federal Reserve May ‘Fall Short’ – Bloomberg 05-29-13

Salient to Investors: Paul Volcker said: The Fed will fall short by being asked to meet price stability and full employment – a mandate both operationally confusing and ultimately illusory. Asking too much is accommodating misguided fiscal policies, dealing with structural imbalances, to square continuously the hypothetical circles of stability, growth

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Obamacare Competition Has Roots in Economist’s Passion – Bloomberg 05-29-13

Salient to Investors: Leemore Dafny’s examination of health-insurance markets is said to have helped mold the state and federal exchanges that are central to Obamacare’s 2010 health-care law. Her 2010 paper in the American Economic Review found that a lack of competition in insurance markets drives up premiums, that insurers charge more

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Rosengren Says Significant Fed Accommodation Still Needed – Bloomberg 05-29-13

Salient to Investors: FRB of Boston President Eric Rosengren said: Significant accommodation remains appropriate and warned that inflation could impair growth should it decline further. It may be undesirable to abruptly stop purchases: better a modest reduction in the pace of asset purchases when we see a gradual improvement in labor markets and the

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