[qvdd]Bouts of sharp volatility and risk aversion in markets have recently re-emerged in reaction to concerns about both European sovereign debts and developments related to the U.S. fiscal situation, including the recent downgrade of the U.S. long-term credit rating by one of the major rating agencies and the controversy concerning the raising of the U.S. federal debt ceiling,” Bernanke said at an annual Fed symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. “The negotiations that took place over the summer disrupted financial markets and probably the economy as well, and similar events in the future could, over time, seriously jeopardize the willingness of investors around the world to hold U.S. financial assets or to make direct investments in job-creating U.S. businesses.
Dit zei Ben Bernanke voorzitter van de Amerikaanse centrale bank, de FED, gisteren. De politici moeten het nu zelf doen: de bank gaat geen nieuwe maatregelen nemen om de economie te stimuleren (door meer geld in de economie te brengen, ook wel bekend als quantitative easing). Mogelijk is men beducht voor felle kritiek van rechts, die Bernanke al van verraad heeft beschuldigd. Het wachten is nu op de volgende onderhandelingsronde, de Republikeinen hebben de smaak te pakken: afpersen werkt! Wij mogen ons voorbereiden op meer “bouts of sharp volatility”.