Interest Rates- Federal Reserve president begs Bernanke to raise rates to 1%

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Federal Reserve president begs Bernanke to raise rates to 1%

Thursday, April 08, 2010
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A senior U.S. Federal Reserve official said on Wednesday that interest rates kept too low for too long encourage risky financial behavior and recommended raising borrowing costs to prevent another boom and bust.

"I am confident that holding rates down at artificially low levels over extended periods encourages bubbles, because it encourages debt over equity and consumption over savings," Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank President Thomas Hoenig told a group of business people in Sante Fe, New Mexico.

"While we may not know where the bubble will emerge, these conditions left unchanged will invite..."

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