{"id":29141,"date":"2017-12-27T09:11:24","date_gmt":"2017-12-27T14:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=29141"},"modified":"2017-12-27T09:11:24","modified_gmt":"2017-12-27T14:11:24","slug":"lacy-hunt-on-the-unintended-consequences-of-federal-reserve-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=29141","title":{"rendered":"Lacy Hunt on the Unintended Consequences of Federal Reserve Policies"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Financial Repression Authority interviewed Lacy Hunt, Chief Economist at Hoisington Management on Fed policies.<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n
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The interview below first appeared on the FRA<\/a> website along with a video. The emphasis in italics is mine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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FRA: Hi, welcome to FRA\u2019s Roundtable Insight. Today, we have Dr. Lacy Hunt. He\u2019s an internationally recognized economist and the Executive V.P. and Chief Economist of Hoisington Investment Management Company, a firm that manages over $4.5 billion USD and specializing in the management of fixed income accounts for large institutional clients. He also served in the past as Senior Economist for the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, where he was a member of the Federal Reserve System Committee on Financial Analysis. Welcome. Dr. Hunt.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dr. Lacy Hunt: Nice to be with you, Richard.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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FRA: Great. I thought we\u2019d have a discussion on a variety of topics relating to the economy and the financial markets. You recently mentioned that you thought this was the worst economic expansion recovery in U.S. history since 1790. Wow. Can you elaborate?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dr. Lacy Hunt: If you calculate the average growth rate in the expansions since 1790, this is a long-running expansion, but it\u2019s the slowest and in the last 10 years the household sector lagged very, very badly. The rate of growth in real disposable household income per capita is only 0.9 percent per year. And in the last 12 months, we\u2019re up only 0.6 percent per year. So it\u2019s a long-running expansion, but it\u2019s been a poor expansion. There are certainly problems with some of the earlier data, but this appears to be the slowest expansion since the turn of the 18th Century and our households are the main problem for the growth rate lag.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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FRA: And do you point a finger for this cause as primarily on the Federal Reserve or do you see structural changes happening to the economy?<\/p>\n

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