Retirement Savings in the Dark
For most of the 20th century, there was a clear wall between working people’s pension funds and the riskier corners of financial markets. This wasn’t accidental—it was the law.
Voilà—today's statement from the Federal Open Market Committee. The Fed will use "all available tools." Yawn... But there was one dissenter, Jeffrey M. Lacker, "who preferred to expand the monetary base at this time by purchasing U.S. Treasury securities rather than through targeted credit programs."