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Fed Treasury Purchases `Monetizing Debt,' May Spur Inflation, Hoenig Says

By Implode-Explode Heavy Industries

``?Yes, we are monetizing debt,? Hoenig said today in a speech in New York. ?You buy bonds and you monetize debt. Right now, a lot of that is going into excess reserves so it is not having an immediate effect on inflation. It will initiate inflationary impulses. It takes time.?... Hoenig told the Council on Foreign Relations the Fed needs to explain how it plans to reduce its record $2.54 trillion balance sheet. While he would avoid ?shock therapy? of selling assets all at once, ?we want to begin to show how we will withdraw that.? ''

Full post as published by Mortgage Lender Implode-o-Meter on March 03, 2011 (boomark / email).