Fed's Fisher Says No to QE III ...

NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Richard Fisher reiterated Thursday he will oppose any effort to extend the central bank's $600 billion bond buying program beyond its current goal, according to Reuters.

The official was speaking as part of an event in Houston.

He also said he was seeing signs of rising price pressures.

Fisher is a voting member of the interest rate setting Federal Open Market Committee, and he has long expressed his discomfort with the program popularly known as QE2.

-By Michael S. Derby, Dow Jones Newswires; 212-416-2214; michael.derby@dowjones.com

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