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BofA: Central Banks Are Creating Bubbles Instead Of Helping The Economy; The Result Will Be A Disaster<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In recent weeks we have seen a surprising spike in criticism of central banks by establishment figures, in some cases central bankers themselves, most notably Mark Carney who last Friday remarkably admitted <\/a>that very low interest rates tend “to coincide with high risk events such as wars, financial crises, and breaks in the monetary regime.” This continued yesterday when 7 months after it praised negative rates, the San Francisco Fed pulled a U-turn and warned that the “Japanese experience”, where negative rates dragged down inflation expectations even more, is ground for NIRP caution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then, in an even more bizarre interview with the FT<\/a>, St Louis Fed president James Bullard made an even more stunning admission – that the Fed no longer has any idea what is going on. To wit:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Something is going on, and that\u2019s causing I think a total rethink of central banking and all our cherished notions about what we think we\u2019re doing… We just have to stop thinking that next year things are going to be normal.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

There was more. In a series of questions aimed at the Fed in this post-Jackson Hole powerless reality, we brought you some rhetorical fireworks <\/a>from the head of FX at Deutsche Bank, Alan Ruskin, who lashed out at the central bank with 20 questions, technically statements, that 10 years ago would have branded him a tinfoil-wearing conspiracy theorist (we know, because we asked just these questions back in 2009), among which:<\/p>\n\n\n\n