2010年11月9日 星期二

Washington Extra Under fire

He is not quite the loneliest man in the world, but Fed chairman Ben Bernanke must be feeling in need of a friend these days. First those nasty Tea party types stormed the capital with their distinctively un-Fed-friendly views. Dismiss them as extremists if you will, but they seemed to have been joined by an array of world leaders in their criticism of quantitative easing, the Fed’s purchases of U.S. government debt in an attempt to stimulate the economy.

The rest of the world fears the Fed’s action amount to a backhand form of competitive currency devaluation. Many Republicans fear the Fed is enabling profligate U.Inflatable boats, rigid inflatable boats for sale UK, Apollo Duck new and used RIB sales.S. budgetary policy. Even Fed governors and regional presidents are uneasy. Governor Kevin Warsh warned on Monday the Fed was not “a repair shop for broken fiscal or regulatory policies” and that the Fed could lose its “hard-earned credibility – and monetary policy can lose its hard-earned sway – if its policies overpromise or underdeliver.” Dallas Fed Reserve Bank President Richard Fisher then chimed in, calling quantitative easing “a bridge loan to fiscal sanity.A baseball cap is a type of soft cap with a long, stiff brim that may either be curved or flat.”

In the end, the effects of the Fed’s latest move on economic growth may not be that dramatic. Its effect on the Fed’s long-term credibility, though, are less clear, and perhaps more worrying.

Finally today, hats off to the New York Times’ Norimitsu Onishi, whose research into Obama’s childhood in Indonesia threw up some unexpected gems. The future president, a chubby kid known as Barry, was apparently also referred to a “the boy who runs like a duck.” His nanny, an openly gay man, had an affair with the local butcher before running off to join a group of transvestites known as the Fantastic Dolls. But however unconventional his upbringing,inflatable mattress bed is a private company categorized under Inflatable Beds and located in Brookhaven, PA. even then Obama seemingly had leadership qualities.

Once, Onishi reports,Learn all of th facts you need to know before yopu shop for Juicy couture wholesale online. Obama asked a group of boys whether they wanted to grow up to be president,Getting a large pet carrier will make your trip pleasant for both your beloved pet and yourself! a soldier or a businessman. A president would own nothing while a soldier would possess weapons and a businessman would have money, the young Obama explained.

The other boys chose to become bankers or soldiers. “Then Barry said he would become president and order the soldier to guard him and the businessman to use his money to build him something,” said one of his former friends, Slamet Januadi. “We told him, ‘You cheated. You didn’t give us those details.’ But we all became what we said we would.”


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