• Labor market a little better
  • Reason to look for modest economic recovery
  • Sees slightly above trend growth
  • Sees unemployment near 8%, perhaps below, at year-end
  • Plosser projects first rate hike in 2012
  • Very concerned about “we’ve got to do more” policy
  • Near-zero rates punishing savers; object to get savers to spend…has serious long-term consequences on long-term wealth
  • FOMC may be coaxing investors to take undue risks

Godspeed, Charlie Plosser. My new man-crush…