11/21/2022
By Charles Payne CEO & Principal Analyst

It was an interesting week that showed me more about the moxie of the market than the huge rally in the prior week. That’s because it took a mighty blow from St Louis Fed President James Bullard.

“The chart suggests that while the policy rate has increased substantially this year, it has not yet reached a level that could be justified as sufficiently restrictive, according to this analysis, even with the generous assumptions,” he said. “To attain a sufficiently restrictive level, the policy rate will need to be increased further.”

Monetary Policy Rules

Bullard used Taylor-type monetary policy rules to obtain recommendations for the value of the policy rate given current macroeconomic conditions. He noted that a Taylor-type policy rule with generous assumptions would give a minimal recommended value for the policy rate. In contrast, less generous assumptions will give an upper bound for a desirable target range for the policy rate. He said the recommended “zone” is the area between the two bounds.

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Charles Payne
Wall Street Strategies

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