“Thomas Hoenig, the head of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, is cementing his reputation as the best friend of savers with money in the bank. Hoenig, who has a seat on the Fed’s interest-rate committee, on Thursday called for the central bank to raise its benchmark short-term rate to 1% “by the end of summer,” from its current range of zero to 0.25%.” Read more.
“Fed Bank Chief Calls for Interest Rate Hikes”
Tom Petruno
Los Angeles Times, June 4, 2010.
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