Thomas Hoenig

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  Dallas Fed's Fisher Says No QE3 Needed

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  February 23, 2012

  Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Richard Fisher said Thursday the U.S. economy is getting better and repeated his view that further quantitative easing, also known as QE3, was not needed from the central bank.

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  Dallas Fed Chief: Operation Twist Unlikely to Work

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  September 28, 2011

  In a further sign of the tension and dissention among the regional presidents of the Federal Reserve, The AP is reporting Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher opposed the central bank’s latest effort to boost economic growth because he fears it won’t work.

• Fed’s Hoenig: Forget the Economy, Focus on Finances

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  August 25, 2011

  One day before policymakers meet in Jackson Hole, Wyo. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President Thomas Hoenig said there’s only so much the central bank can do to help the economy, and that the policy should pivot to focus on the country’s fiscal problems.

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  Fed Confirms Monetary Policy, QE2 as Currency War Prospects Rise

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  December 14, 2010

  The Fed signaled no change to U.S. monetary policy on Tuesday, leaving intact its $600 billion QE2 plan.

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  Fed’s Quantitative Easing Plan May Burst Growing Treasury Bubble

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  September 23, 2010

  Federal Reserve policymakers' decision to buy more Treasury debt as interest rates stay at historic lows may give the U.S. economy the stimulus it needs, but it also may help contribute to a growing Treasury bubble.

• Fed Minutes: Economy Operating at Lower Potential Than Previously Thought

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  August 31, 2010

  The minutes of the Federal Open Markets Committee's meeting on August 10 show officials confused and struggling with the issue of high unemployment.

• Fed Official Says 'Too Big to Fail' Threatens Community Banks

  By Ron Pechtimaldjian, AdvisorOne  |  August 23, 2010

  Thomas Hoenig, president of the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank, that the long-term health of community banks is being strangled by the market's, and the government's, policy of "too big to fail" toward big banks.