Why the Fed is hard to predict
Project Syndicate/Mohamed A. El-Erian/5-30-2023
“The real reason that we have so much policy confusion is that the Fed is relying on an inappropriate policy framework and an outdated inflation target. Both of these problems have been compounded by a raft of errors (in analysis, forecasting, communication, policy measures, regulation, and supervision) over the past two years.”
USAGOLD note: El Erian says that no one knows what is going to happen at it June meeting – not even the Fed itself. It lacks, he says, “a solid strategic foundation.” Our interpretation? It bends with the wind and has become vulnerable to political pressure, it is unpredictable and not the kind of Fed Wall Street is likely to find reassuring.