Lacker: I Wouldn’t Have Done the Twist

Add Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond president Jeffrey Lacker to the list of dissenters.

“My sense is that if Operation Twist has an economic effect, it will raise inflation,” more so than raise growth, Lacker said in a keynote speech at the University of Wisconsin late Monday, adding, “I would not have supported it” if he had a vote.

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