What Would You Ask Ben?
#1
Posted 26 April 2011 - 04:09 PM
Fib
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#2
Posted 26 April 2011 - 04:15 PM
You're part of the press pool for Wednesday's NEWS conference...what serious question would you ask the Chairman?
Fib
What is your computer modeling capability and how much do you rely on these models in your decision process?
#3
Posted 26 April 2011 - 04:25 PM
#4
Posted 26 April 2011 - 04:29 PM
Edited by pdx5, 26 April 2011 - 04:29 PM.
#5
Posted 26 April 2011 - 04:30 PM
#6
Posted 26 April 2011 - 04:38 PM
Nothing personal, Rich, but that is likely a significant part of their analysis
because economists can't get out of economy school unless they learn how to
do it.
Undoubtedly its computer modeling which gets Bernanke to take credit for
the RUT, while denying all responsibility for the CRB.
Macroeconomic models, which have been used for years, require very little computing capability. Their accuracy is not the best. The trend today is agent-based models which require supercomputers.
#7
Posted 26 April 2011 - 04:57 PM
You're part of the press pool for Wednesday's NEWS conference...what serious question would you ask the Chairman?
Fib
[/quote based on the fed qe 1 and 2 do you feel that FED if the need was to arise , that economy was to slip deeper into recession would you look to ease additional and if the debt ceiling wasnt raised how would the FED go about helping the economy from falling deeper in recession
#8
Posted 26 April 2011 - 05:15 PM
You're part of the press pool for Wednesday's NEWS conference...what serious question would you ask the Chairman?
Fib
"your overt policy to decimate to dollar...........how far will be far enough....what sort of average monthly employment numbers do you want to see?"
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Posted 26 April 2011 - 05:37 PM
#10
Posted 26 April 2011 - 05:46 PM