{"id":3730,"date":"2012-03-05T19:05:18","date_gmt":"2012-03-06T00:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/?p=3730"},"modified":"2012-03-05T19:05:18","modified_gmt":"2012-03-06T00:05:18","slug":"morgan-stanley-still-expects-qe3-this-year-wsj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2012\/03\/05\/morgan-stanley-still-expects-qe3-this-year-wsj\/","title":{"rendered":"Morgan Stanley Still Expects QE3 This Year &#8211; WSJ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cFor some time, our call has been that the Federal Reserve will undertake additional balance-sheet action in the first half of 2012,\u201d writes Vincent Reinhart, an economist with the bank and a former top-level Fed staffer.<\/p>\n<p>He argues it\u2019s most likely the Fed will act to expand its balance sheet via Treasury and mortgage bond buying \u2014 in market parlance, QE3 \u2014 at either the April or June Federal Open Market Committee, and that the ultimate size of the program could tack on $500 billion to $700 billion onto what is currently a $2.9 trillion balance sheet. There\u2019s also a chance they will put in place a modified version of the current effort to sell short-dated bonds to buy longer-dated securities.<\/p>\n<p>Why act? Reinhart says the second half of the year will box the Fed in politically. Officials won\u2019t wish to be seen starting a high-profile action in the thick of the presidential campaign. Also, he reckons growth will still be too weak, and inflation will be falling short of the Fed\u2019s 2% target.<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/economics\/2012\/03\/05\/morgan-stanley-still-expect-qe3-this-year\/?mod=djemRTE_t&amp;_nocache=1330992071562&amp;user=welcome&amp;mg=id-wsj\">Morgan Stanley Still Expects QE3 This Year &#8211; Real Time Economics &#8211; WSJ<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cFor some time, our call has been that the Federal Reserve will undertake additional balance-sheet action in the first half of 2012,\u201d writes Vincent Reinhart, an economist with the bank and a former top-level Fed staffer. 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