Karim writes:
Bullard
- Definitely out there on his own. FRB would certainly not communicate policy shift through him
- Also, everyone has different reasons why QE works. Most of the Fed leadership thinks just via interest rate channel and announcement effect. Bullard thinks through monetary channel, which makes him a minority.
GDP Data: Something for everyone; capex recovery intact; consumer spending sluggish; net exports a large drag; inventories an offset
- Annualized gwth at 2.4%; Q1 revised from 2.7% to 3.7%; Prior data revised lower
- Private consumption 1.6% vs 1.9% in Q1; Investment up 28.8% vs 29.1% in Q1
- Business capex (equipment and software spending) up 21.9% vs 20.4% in Q1
- Residential fixed investment (housing) up 21.9% (aided by expiring tax credit)
- Exports and imports both up in double digits, but net exports a drag on growth of -2.78%
- Inventories contribute 1.05%
MMT’ers – Mish seems to have grasped some of your concepts in his latest analysis. Maybe with some slight arm twisting he can make a breakthrough and you can reach more joe6packs through him. Anyways, what of the latest from Bill Gross about the demographic problems we will not be able to overcome? I said this on warren’s old BBS almost a decade ago and asked how many babies Sada Mosler had. Bill Gross says it 10 years later and makes big headlines.
http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2010/07/should-china-dump-dollars-for.html