Jerome Powell, formanden for den amerikanske centralbank, Federal Reserve, talte onsdag formiddag om coronakrisen. I talen kredsede Powell omkring muligheden for at den økonomiske recession som følge af coronapandemien kunne blive langvarig. USA kunne derfor meget vel stå overfor en længere periode (”extended period”) med lav økonomisk vækst.
Hvis de negative konsekvenser af en sådan udvikling skulle afværges, ville yderligere krisepakker blive nødvendige.
Powell nævnte ikke muligheden af yderligere stimuli fra negative renter, men centralbanken ville gøre sin del. Powell påpegede, at banken nok havde finansiel styrke til at yde lån (”lending power”) men ikke muligheder for at styrke forbrug og efterspørgsel (”spending power”).
Centralbankens lånefaciliteter kunne bidrage til at afhjælpe midlertidige likviditetskriser. Hvis recessionen imidlertid varede længe, kunne likviditetskriser udvikle sig til solvensproblemer. Der kunne derfor være behov for yderligere finanspolitiske tiltag hvis de negative konsekvenser af en langvarig krise skulle afhjælpes.
Afvejningen ville være politiske valg, der ikke skulle træffes af centralbanken, men skulle afgøres af de lovgivende myndigheder, der havde ansvaret for offentlige udgifter og beskatning.
Efter talen steg kursen på amerikanske dollars en smule da nogle investorer trak sig ud af mere rikable aktiver, herunder amerikanske aktier, til fordel for placeringer i dollars.
2012 - Independent Professional
2003 - 2012 Minister Counsellor FAO at Ministry of Foreign Affairs Denmark, Rome
2000 - 2003 Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Denmark
1995 - 2000 Director General, Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Denmark
1991 - 1995 Permanent Secretary of State, Ministry of Energy Denmark
1990 - 1991 Chef du Cabinet, Prime Ministers Office Denmark
1983 - 1990 Personal Assistant to the Prime Minister, Prime Ministers Office Denmark
1979 - 1983 Head of section, Prime Ministers Office Denmark
1978 - 1979 Military Service, Representative of drafted army personel
1976 - 1978 National Bureau of Statstics Denmark
- Chair EU Working Party on FAO Coordination
- Chair of various Intra Ministerial Committees on Energy taxation
- Member of FAO Finance Committee
- Danish Representative to various missions to Eastern European countries, Burundi, Mozambique, Thailand and Cambodia.
- Head of Danish Negotiation Team for the Voluntary Guidelines to support the Progressive Realization of the Right to Adequate Food in the Context of National Food Security
- Head of Danish Negotiation Team for the Voluntary Guidelines for the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries, and Forests in the Context of National Food Security
- Responsible for Danish EU Presidency 1993, 2002 and 2012 regarding FAO matters.
- Head of Danish delegations to meetings in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
- Co-Chair of Budget Committee of the International treaty on Plant genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
- Co-Chair of Danish-India Commission on Bilateral Energy Cooperation
Head of Danish delegations to meeting in International Energy Cooperation (IEA, CEM, MEF ect)
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