Monday, December 14, 2009

Morgan Stanley’s Roach Sees ‘Great Risk’ in Fed Exit Strategy

Dec. 12 (Bloomberg) -- The Federal Reserve may cause another crisis by botching the withdrawal of liquidity from the U.S. economy, Morgan Stanley Asia Chairman Stephen Roach said.

The Fed is the "weak link" among central banks and may fail to tighten monetary policy in time to stop asset bubbles from forming, Roach said at a conference in Berlin today. The Fed helped trigger the boom and then bust of the subprime mortgage market by being "quick to slash, slow to normalize" interest rates, he said.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aVnNCyH.q1no&pos=7

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