Comments for The NYT Doesn't Know the White House's Views on Fed Independence at http://www.cepr.net , comment 1 to 1 out of 1 comments http://www.cepr.net Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:37:28 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/the-nyt-doesnt-know-the-white-houses-views-on-fed-independence/#comment-468 Ben Bernanke, what did you hide and when did you hide it? We can't tell you, because if everyone knew, everyone would want it. If everyone got what everyone wanted, we couldn't use signals to influence expectations. We learned that from Greenspan. Never mean what you say or say what you mean, because once they figure out the signal, a few powerful market players could exploit it and leave nothing but crumbs for everyone else. - izzatzo Thu, 06 May 2010 02:28:54 +0100