2011年4月5日星期二

Lockhart: Growth on the runway, imbalances remain

04 April 2011, 11: 11 am EDT by Steve Matthews

(Updates with comment on inflation in the sixth paragraph).

April 4 (Bloomberg)--Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Dennis Lockhart said the recovery in the United States of the deep recession since the 1930s will likely persist, while the shaken by budget Government spending and consumer debt reduction. "With each quarter, the recovery is more firmly established,"Lockhart said today in a speech in West Palm Beach, Florida. "However, underlying the recovery there still of serious imbalances that were not corrected."Lockhart is one of the Fed officials who noticed a U.S. Economic Outlook improvement and strengthening of the market of work since a meeting policy on 15 March. The US economy added 216,000 workers last month, more than forecast and the unemployment rate decreased unexpectedly at a minimum of two years of 8.8%, the Ministry of labour figures showed April 1.Still, Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William c. Dudley said on April 1, that expect the Central Bank to complete the 600 billion planned U.S. Treasury purchases to stimulate expansion, adding a "substantial pickup is badly" in the growth of employment. Fed Chairman Ben s. Bernanke, who spoke today at a conference organized by the Fed Atlanta, gave no indication that he wants credit with unemployment remains high. "Households repair their balance sheets by reducing debt and rebuilding of savings,"Lockhart said that the strategic of Palm Beach, a group for the promotion of economic development international Forum." "Consumer spending grows more slowly relative to income than before the recession." "" I expect that this more measured consumer behaviour is likely to persist.""Savings Glut'In comments during a round table, Lockhart said that while a "savings glut" of China and other emerging markets can reverse time, the cost of capital investment will be down by inflation moderate to the United States and other markets. "" You are likely to continue to see a moderate inflation rate ", said Lockhart. "The Central Bank here in the United States and I know all around the world, are very, very focused on the current activity of prices ranging, but also the expectations of the public.".Policy Committee of the Central Bank said last month that the recovery "is on an equal footing firmer", while the labour market is "improving gradually."The US economy is estimated to have expanded at a rate of 3.4% in the last quarter and is expected to increase the rate of 3.3% in the second quarter, according to the median of 67 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News last month. ' Significant Reduction'The in the United States is also confronted with a "significant reduction" public borrowing, and pension reform is a "necessary" changes, said Lockhart. "" The public sector of the United States must stabilize its finances and reverse the accumulation of debt which has accelerated in recent years, "he said. "This process of deleveraging, an element of budgetary rebalancing of the public sector is especially ahead of us.".Regulators also urged Lockhart U.S. to find a "balance" in the regulation of growth and the financial sector to avoid hurting loan. "Many contacts throughout the region of South-East of the country are more give voice to the claims that this re-regulation is predominant and potentially destructive,"says.Lockhart, 64, a former Professor at the University of Georgetown, led the Atlanta Fed since 2007. Fed regional bank presidents rotate on the monetary policy of voting with Lockhart next vote in 2012.

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