speeches · January 6, 2021
Regional President Speech
James Bullard · President
12/21/22, 5:45 PM
The Pandemic Endgame Begins | James Bullard | St. Louis Fed
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The Pandemic Endgame Begins
January 7, 2021
Presentation (pdf) | Press Release
During a virtual presentation for the Little Rock Regional Chamber, St. Louis Fed President
James Bullard said that although the COVID-19 pandemic has worsened in the U.S. and
Europe, the arrival of vaccines suggests the health crisis will wane in the months ahead.
He also discussed the U.S. monetary and fiscal policies in response to the pandemic, noting
that they have been especially effective and that the associated macroeconomic outcomes have
been considerably better than originally expected at the pandemic’s onset. He also said that
aggregate resources available to fund consumption continue to be exceptionally high,
suggesting continued recovery in the first half of 2021.
But he cautioned that some downside risk remains, and continued execution of a granular,
risk-based health policy will be critical in the months ahead.
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James Bullard (2021, January 6). Regional President Speech. Speeches, Federal Reserve. https://whenthefedspeaks.com/doc/regional_speeche_20210107_james_bullard
BibTeX
@misc{wtfs_regional_speeche_20210107_james_bullard,
author = {James Bullard},
title = {Regional President Speech},
year = {2021},
month = {Jan},
howpublished = {Speeches, Federal Reserve},
url = {https://whenthefedspeaks.com/doc/regional_speeche_20210107_james_bullard},
note = {Retrieved via When the Fed Speaks corpus}
}