Fed's Rosengren sees difficult second half for US economy
Rosengren warned the second half of the year could be more difficult than 'many people are anticipating'
Boston Federal Reserve Bank President Eric Rosengren on Monday said the central bank’s newly launched Main Street Lending Facility provides “insurance” against what he expects to be a difficult second half of the year.
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“If I’m right and the second half of the year is more difficult than many people are anticipating, I think having this facility up and running will be an important insurance policy for the economy,” Rosengren told Yahoo Finance in an interview.
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“I view every loan that we are going to be making as actually helping those businesses avoid very significant layoffs that they would get if they couldn’t get the financing that the Federal Reserve’s providing.”
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