speeches · April 26, 2012
Regional President Speech
Jeffrey M. Lacker · President
Press Releases
April 27, 2012
Richmond Fed President Lacker Comments on FOMC
Dissent
Richmond, Va.
"The Federal Open Market Committee released a statement following its April 24–25, 2012,
meeting stating that the Committee currently anticipates that economic conditions are likely to
warrant exceptionally low levels for the federal funds rate at least through late 2014. I dissented
because I do not believe economic conditions are likely to warrant an exceptionally low federal
funds rate for this length of time. My current assessment is that an increase in interest rates is
likely to be necessary by mid-2013 in order to prevent the emergence of inflationary pressures."
"My views on the economy and monetary policy are also available on Richmondfed.org."
The Richmond Fed serves the Fifth Federal Reserve District, which includes the District of
Columbia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and most of West Virginia. As part
of the nation's central bank, we're one of 12 regional Reserve Banks that work together with the
Federal Reserve's Board of Governors to strengthen the economy and our communities. We
manage the nation's money supply to keep inflation low and help the economy grow. We also
supervise and regulate financial institutions to help safeguard our nation's financial system and
protect the integrity and efficiency of our payments system.
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Jeffrey M. Lacker (2012, April 26). Regional President Speech. Speeches, Federal Reserve. https://whenthefedspeaks.com/doc/regional_speeche_20120427_jeffrey_m_lacker
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@misc{wtfs_regional_speeche_20120427_jeffrey_m_lacker,
author = {Jeffrey M. Lacker},
title = {Regional President Speech},
year = {2012},
month = {Apr},
howpublished = {Speeches, Federal Reserve},
url = {https://whenthefedspeaks.com/doc/regional_speeche_20120427_jeffrey_m_lacker},
note = {Retrieved via When the Fed Speaks corpus}
}