Over the weekend Paul Krugman put up three posts on his blog (see here) detailing his insight into why the Federal Reserve has been getting so much pressure to raise interest rates when economic theory says "Don't do it!!!" It comes down to this: follow the money. The pressure is coming largely from bankers, whose profit margins are being squeezed. Here's the key section:
...There’s no reason to believe that what’s good for bankers is good for America. But bankers are different from you and me: they have a lot more influence. Monetary officials meet with them all the time, and in many cases expect to join their ranks when they come out on the other side of the revolving door. Also, it’s widely assumed that bankers have special expertise on economic policy, although nothing in the record supports this belief. (The bankers do, however, have excellent tailors.)
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Read the whole thing, and the blog posts referenced in the link above. It should generate quite a backlash from bankers and the rest of the usual suspects. Comments should be interesting once the Times opens them up.