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I ' r:.v_ Ill ~ r::::,...__z::_,..._~J L-Ll ~~~ - \S '"ro#J/;~ I Opening s nt of Vice President Hump y r .. ~ #1- I I Breakfast Conference of lnaurance Investor Bxacutivea ~ c.;i ~ Metropolitan Club 1 n. v---
8:30 a.m. Friday, April 23, 1965
1 think 1 should mention at the outaet tha the probl
of our foreign and domestic ecOOOJilie object:l: • u diff rent
today than tluty w during tbe rurti • . t that tt bur
~obl was unemployment. The J'ull to,.nt Act of 1946 with
its goals of ~ .. loyment, production and tturcheae power
introduced new econoad.C era. orld·witie shon&g of dollars
during tt. il:iloec:late postwar y ra -...-t tl'l.U balance of ymen
was no con~~ r int and . buil Euro •'• wu-torn ind ~ and provide for ita politi 1 •tabil1ty. Today, we recognize t t for full emploYD*lt we 111U8t have rapid ee nomic growt but thia t be aecQD~pani d by pr.:Lce •tab111ty. Thf.a
baa added a complexity to our domestic ecoa.oad.c goal• and we
now have a major ac:ldition41 foretgn goal, which ls to achie a
sustained balance of payi~enU equillbl:'1um. o courn, beyond
this our foreign, economic goala include the need to rovtde for
long·run growth in in ernational tra~ ad paymmta and t.o work
with other for a aore productive international ecol'lODZY.
We have come a long way toward achieving our domes tie
ecOnol:nie goals. Our Gross National Product 1 a moat comprehenaiva
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The PrU. Minister also noted the need to wo~Jt toward
ilaprovemallt in the international 11101'letary field •o that -.n
eapanciil\g vol of world tracte vould not be baJipctred by
any tnactequaciu in lntern.atioo.al liquidi.t.y. n. UtU. ted tatea,
of cour•e. agree• w1th thia general poa1t1on and is participating
in • •Jor atudy notJ und r way on this wbject by repreaenu• tivea cf the jor lndustrla1 .and trad.il\g nat:ione of the 110rld. While no po8it1on baa been taken u yet. .. to the precue meant
to acb18'91 tbie objective, 1 hope that continutng cH.at:uaeiona
will lead to ..,.ittv. re8\llta. Early this atWaaer. aa you •1
haVe seen in the preaa • the Chane llor of ~ lxchequjr •
Mr. Callaghn. 1• caa1q over to tbe U4tted tatea to exchange
Y1 on thl• subject vitll the s.cretary of the 'rreasul')' Fowler. I ~t there will be other converaatiOne with financial
offtciala of other Pa~ on tbU 8ubjHt alM.
Specif1c41ly on tbe topic of your ••tinga tD ubJ.J\gton1
I believe the-re 18 no fundeaental conflict between our dolleati
and fontsn conmd.c objectives,; both cJepa4 for their aehteW
ment upon • aoun dollar backed by a rapidly expandin.g, productive ,ec:OllOIIIY. In thia connection • the following oba•rvattinUt
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•• The of fueal 11cy t apur t
deallim8trat by 1964 • • to reduction
to lncent.i • it. hU offer d.
-· n. axci.ee tax rec!ucticm 1\Cl close control of ~diture i 1 cany oal of a lanced
budget 1a a b•Uneecl economy.
-· Monetary policy h8s ept c:redit available end key
lc -terua intere ~ ratea .• tmportaat for bua •• lmtea
stable.
u encouraged, CQIO\dlting. on the avarage, to 1•1/2 ;;;1 ~ 0 ll (__...-
ent e ~ roeeaaicm lava of four years ago. Thia hO kept our money uaarket rate• 1n the r aonable lignauent with r to in for•ign mty markets that is required in a world of convertible
eurrenci.ea •
• the full burden of acbteving a4justment 1li our ba1~e of yment& could not re listie lly be plat: d n mcmee«.ry policy. We haw, hoWever. throll&h the more aeti u. of f:tacal policy left 1a0netary pollcy fr
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to move quickly if the need ebotild uta • AS
Preaident Johnson pointed out in h1a ~c !u2rt
earlier thia year, monetary policy t be prepared
to quickly if e:aceaaive demand ahould threaten
inflAtion • o~ if an outflow of liquid fund• 1hou.ld
une_,ectedly wor•en our balance of paymente.
In cloetng, 1- say the MaSniacr.tion pledges the
contlnuatiOll of sound monetery and f18cal policies, deaigned.
to preserve t value of th• dOllar at ~ and abroad. Working
within that at ble fr...work ancl calling ~ the i.nitiati'le
of all our citiaena, our econany will go on to even grMter
productive accompliabment •
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