In response to a question, Lacker also underscored the Federal Open Market Committee's determination not to insure poor investments with a cut in the federal funds rate. Ten-year U.S. Treasury notes fell in response, pushing the yield up 4 basis points to 4.63 percent at 7:32 a.m. today in New York.
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``The Federal Reserve isn't responsible for the size of credit spreads,'' he said. ``We leave those to be market determined. Our responsibility and what we are capable of influencing on a sustained basis is inflation and growth.''
Thank-you.
