- Balaji argues the Fed’s monetary policy is unpredictable compared to Bitcoin’s consistent issuance, which he considers crucial alongside its scarcity.
- The Fed made three rate cuts by March 2024 but is ready to raise rates if needed.
- The Fed plans to maintain restrictive policies if inflation remains high.
Balaji Srinivasan, the former chief technology officer of Coinbase, has criticized the Federal Reserve, arguing that the Fed’s funds are “poor predictors of monetary policy paths.” The tech mogul asserted that the Fed’s policy is unpredictable, contrasting it with Bitcoin’s consistent monetary policy.
“if you made the graph of Bitcoin’s predicted issuance versus its actual issuance over the last 15 years, they would be exactly superimposed,” Balaji stated.
This predictability, he contends, is as crucial as Bitcoin’s scarcity.
Balaji previously likened the Fed’s approach to controlling a complex system through votes.
“Imagine trying to control a highly multivariate system by adjusting a single parameter with a committee vote, with a feedback delay measured in months while the characteristic time of the system is in seconds. That’s the Fed.”
He argued that this approach is unsustainable, asserting that the Fed cannot effectively control the system.
The Fed implemented three rate cuts by March 2024 to address the current inflation. However, some officials have signaled a willingness to raise interest rates further if inflation worsens.
According to a Financial Times report, “Various participants mentioned a willingness to tighten policy further should risks to inflation materialise in a way that such an action became appropriate.”
The likelihood of rate increases diminished following the subdued inflation over the past month. Nevertheless, concerns about persistent inflation in the U.S. economy remained high among central bank officials.
As such, the Fed maintained interest rates at a 23-year high range of 5.25 to 5.5 percent during the May 1 meeting. This decision was unanimously supported by Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) members.
The post-meeting statement indicated that borrowing costs might remain elevated longer than anticipated. This move is due to disappointing inflation data from January to March, with rates still well above the Fed’s 2 percent target. The Fed officials also planned to enact restrictive policies if inflation did not decline to the target or ease policy restraint if the labor market weakened unexpectedly.
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