Fed’s Fisher: QE3 May Fuel Inflation Without Creating Jobs

“Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Richard Fisher said the central bank’s third round of bond purchases will probably fail to create jobs while risking higher inflation.

“I do not see an overall argument for letting inflation rise to levels where we might scare the market,” Fisher said Wednesday on Bloomberg Radio’s “The Hays Advantage” with Kathleen Hays and Vonnie Quinn. “We have seen a sharp rise in inflation expectations. If you let this get out of hand, then I think we will have a market reaction.”

Fisher, who doesn’t vote on monetary policy this year, opposed the Federal Open Market Committee decision last week to expand its holdings of long-term bonds with open-ended purchases of $40 billion of mortgage debt every month in a new round of quantitative easing. The Fed, led by Chairman Ben Bernanke, is seeking to boost growth and reduce 8.1 percent unemployment.”

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