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Without attention to the dynamic effects of their actions, central bankers risk leaving monetary policy too loose or too tight for too long.
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Apparel and accessories that are too tight, too loose, too heavy, too high or too floppy can all create health issues.
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But philosophical arguments about the merits of central banking have nothing to do with the practical question facing Ben Bernanke right now: is monetary policy currently too tight or too loose?
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So are the rules too loose, or are they too tight?
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Without these changes, the euro will probably be able to limp along, at least for a while particularly if the ECB cuts interest rates, as it has begun to hint it might do: politicians have an easier time enduring a monetary policy that is too loose than one that is too tight.
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He needed the rope loose, but too many people were on it, making it tight.
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If there have been two moments in the past century when Fed policy has been most awry, it was probably in the early 1930s (when policy was too tight) and the mid-1970s (when it was too loose).
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Experience shows that if the dollar price of the yellow metal goes down, the Fed is being too tight, and if the price surges, the Fed is being too loose.
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