Rosengren: Fed should begin slowing stimulus efforts by fall

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
AP Economics Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) — The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston added his voice  to a growing number of people, inside and outside the Fed, who say the central bank should soon begin to dial back its extraordinary aid for an economy that is strongly recovering from the pandemic recession. Eric Rosengren said in an interview with The Associated Press that the central bank should announce in September that it will begin reducing its $120 billion in purchases of Treasury and mortgage bonds “this fall.” The bond buying, which the Fed initiated after the coronavirus erupted in March of last year, has been intended to lower longer-term interest rates and encourage borrowing and spending.