MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
By Luca Di Leo, Jon Hilsenrath and Michael S. Derby, Wall Street Journal, Jan. 12, 2012
[....] The transcripts, available on the Fed’s website, provide full details of Fed officials’ individual views during the eight Federal Open Market Committee Meetings, with the traditional five-year lag (the minutes, released three weeks after FOMC meetings, only give a summary.)
Highlights of the transcripts include: [....]
Also see:
In Fed Officials’ 2006 Meetings, No Deep Worry on Housing
By Binyamin Applebaum, New York Times, Jan. 12/13, 2012
Top Federal Reserve officials did not seriously consider the possibility that problems in the housing market would bring about a recession, according to newly released transcripts.
And:
Fed’s image tarnished by newly released documents
By Zachary A Goldfarb, Washington Post, Jan. 12/13, 2012