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Fed setter ned renten til 1 prosent

by: Adam Smith jr. Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

by: Adam Smith jr Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

Fed satte i dag ned renten fra 1,5 prosent til 1 prosent. New York Times skriver:

The move brought the overnight federal fund target rate to 1 percent, down to the new-record lows reached in 2003 and 2004. Wednesday’s vote was unanimous.

In its statement, the Fed said that, “The pace of economic activity appears to have slowed markedly, owing importantly to a decline in consumer expenditures.” Equipment spending by businesses and industrial output have weakened as economies in other countries have slowed, hurting “the prospects for U.S. exports,” the statement said.

Egentlig er det en relativt meningsløs eksersis. Rentenedsettelsen betyr nesten ingenting i dagens situasjon. Renten var allerede svært lav, så lav at realrenten var negativ (dvs. lavere enn inflasjonen). Nå blir den bare enda litt mer negativ. Substansielt betyr det “money for nothing”. Men det som betyr noe i dagens situasjon er mengden likviditet som er tilgjengelig og at pengene sirkulerer som de skal. Og det gjør de ikke på grunn av lav tillit. Som New York Times også skriver:

The Fed’s biggest weakness at the moment is that the economy’s problems have less to do with interest rates than the reluctance of banks and financial institutions to lend money. Even though the Fed has lent almost $600 billion to financial institutions in the last month alone, banks are still reluctant to lend to businesses or consumers.

Rentenedsettelsen er dermed primært en symbolsk gest som nok en gang understreker at Fed vil ta i bruk alle tiltak for å gjenreise tilliten i finanssystemet.

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