What Does Your Fed Valentine Say?

(Photo: Karen Horton)

One of the most wonderful things about Twitter is the spontaneous conversations that start around almost anything. And so, inspired by the hilarious #HealthPolicyValentines, I began a new hashtag on Twitter this morning: #FedValentines.  Folks are tweeting all sorts of Fed-themed valentine’s wishes. As I write, it’s the second-top trending hashtag in the U.S.

Given that it’s Friday, I figured it worth sharing the fun.  Here’s what I came up with:

• You’re my long-run target; my nominal anchor.
•  Just like Obama’s approach to the FOMC, I will always keep an open seat for you.
•  You’re my gold standard.
• Like fiat money, our love is built on trust.
• Baby, we’re so so hot together that Ron Paul wants to end us.
• Just like money does, our relationship solves the double coincidence of wants problem.
• When we get hot and steamy, you make me Too Big to Fail.

But the hive mind that is Twitter did an even better job. Here’s my selection of the best #FedValentines:

•  Alan Beattie @alanbeattie: I’d like to borrow you overnight and then hold you to maturity
• NPR’s Planet Money @planetmoney: But, soft! What light through yonder discount window breaks? It is the East, and Ben is the sun.
• NPR’s Planet Money @planetmoney: I’ll be your lover of last resort. #FedValentines
• Austan Goolsbee @Austan_Goolsbee: Roses are red. Violets are pink. Don’t listen to goldbugs. No one cares what they think.
•  Austan Goolsbee @Austan_Goolsbee: Roses are red. Violets are pink. Don’t listen to goldbugs. No one cares what they think.
• Austan Goolsbee @Austan_Goolsbee: Bernanke’s from South Carolina And deals with lots of big whiners. His line is so sane: Core inflation is tame And a heck of a lot lower than China’s
• Annalyn Censky @AnnCensky: Our love isn’t transitory baby, it’s gonna be exceptional for an extended period
• Christopher Csicsko @csicsko: You QEmplete me.
• ?CBBREEZE?™ @cbbreeze: Roses are red. Violets are blue. I’m buying you a gift with money borrowed from future generations that I’ll father with you.
• Bradley Davis @bradleydaviswsj: I love your ultra-loose policy!
• Antonia Oprita @AntoniaOprita: You gotta love their quantitative teasing
• Heidi N. Moore @moorehn: When I look into your eyes, I have no fractional reserve
• Heidi N. Moore @moorehn: When I see you, I have irrational exuberance.
• Rob Booker @robbooker: Are we ready for sterilized intervention?
• tylercowen @tylercowen: “Darling, I shall never rehypothecate that ring, nor your love,”
• Joseph Weisenthal @TheStalwart: Roses are red, violets are blue, my balance sheet is expanding, just thinking of you.
• muttonfish @muttonfish: I’d love to go double-dipping with you!
• Ted Gayer @TedGayer:  before i met you I was a lone hawk, but now I am a happy dove
• Ted Gayer @TedGayer:  Meeting you was an unexpected positive shock, and the recovery is slow
• SethGitter @SethGitter: Sargent and Lucas already knew what #Fedvalentines said before they were sent them.
• Victoria McGrane @vgmac: My feelings for you are “systemically important”
• Bret Lowery @bretlowery: Your assets look troubled. How about a relief program?
• jimgeraghty @jimgeraghty: I love you. Do you love me? Submit your information for review & clearance under Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, PL 104-13.’
• Nate Rethorn @emperorhand: The dark pools of your eyes are my liquidity trap.
• Richard Green @keynesianr: You float my exchange rate.
• James Ledbetter @ledbetreuters: For you, my discount window is always open.
• @SFFedReserve: My love is elastic, my commitment too big to fail.
• Betsey Stevenson @BetseyStevenson: Dear Congress, Thank you for your marriage proposal. However, my independence is simply too important for us to get closer
• Mark Thoma @MarkThoma: The non-traditional stimulus was way better than I thought it would be
• SanFranciscoFed @SFFedReserve: I’m going to extraordinary measures to increase your stimulus
• Downtown Josh Brown @ReformedBroker: Roses are red, violets are blue, thank you for Twist and, of course, QE2!

Want to see more? It looks like the conversation is continuing on Twitter.  And please, either add your own Fed Valentines to the comments, or tweet with them with the #FedValentines hashtag.