Bloomberg Opinion

Ramesh Ponnuru on How the Fed Keeps Its Eye on the Deficit


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Bloomberg Opinion columnist Ramesh Ponnuru argues that if Congress and the president were to take action to reduce future deficits, any contractionary effect it had on the economy would likely be offset by a more expansionary Fed policy. The bad news is that at the moment, we have a president who favors higher defense spending, lower taxes and continued entitlement growth -- so this possibility is for the time being purely theoretical.
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