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Talking about the Fed with Australian web site


Interviewed by Ben Eltham of newmatilda.com, an Australian web site. Read it here.

I asked Wessel if the Federal Reserve was now politically unpopular in the United States as a result of the bailouts.

"Yeah the problem that the Fed has is that the best they can really tell us is ‘It could have been worse’. But that’s not very comforting in an economy like the US, where we have 10 per cent unemployment, where 25 per cent of the people that have mortgages have a house that is not worth as much as their mortgage, and so forth.

"The Fed is, as you point out, quite unpopular now, and I think that’s because they filled a vacuum and they did things that felt was necessary for the good of the economy, but to a lot of Americans it looks like they bailed out Wall Street and they didn’t bail out Main Street, so they are now paying the price for that."


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I really enjoyed my time in Australia, I will come back again for sure!

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Yeah the problem that the Fed has is that the best they can really tell us is ‘It could have been worse’. But that’s not very comforting in an economy like the US,

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it looks like they bailed out Wall Street and they didn’t bail out Main Street

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May I just quote "The solution to a credit bubble was to extend more credit." But at times, having a credit repair is way too better. I do think that the Fed is on the right track now.

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i thing i don't like about federal type of government is that the rights of the sovereign people are not recognized.

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Aside from it being tougher, students taking up masters or doctorate degrees usually have a full-time job that also requires their attention.

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*People are always telling you what to do, but what's right for them may not be right for you.

*Above all, serve the truth. Above all, serve every being.

The solution to a credit bubble was to extend more credit.

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