1. It all started early this morning with economist Justin Wolfers:
  2. Changing the subject from #healthpolicyvalentines to #FedValentines: You're my long-run target; my nominal anchor.
  3. It wasn't long until others jumped in, like for White House Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Austan Goolsbee
  4. @justinwolfers @tedgayer #fedvalentines Roses are red. Violets are pink. Don't listen to goldbugs. No one cares what they think.
  5. Even the official accounts of some of the Fed banks chimed in:
  6. I'm going to extraordinary measures to increase your stimulus #fedvalentines
  7. Being with you hikes my pulse by several basis points #fedvalentines
  8. And of course, plenty of Journal reporters wanted to take part:
  9. U don't send me enough notes, u give me too many bills & I'm starting to worry about ur TIPS, but our bonds will never break #FedValentines
  10. The day you removed your liquidity, my market crashed. Wait, that's not a joke. That really happened. #FedValentines
  11. I can only make guesses about the future. But I know I'll feel this way until at least 2014 #FedValentines
  12. When my markets are illiquid, I can always count on your coordinated action. #FedValentines
  13. You had me at "Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee last met" #Fedvalentines
  14. We're just some CEOs, standing in front of a central banker, asking him to love them #Fedvalentines
  15. And here is just a selection of some of our favorites. There are plenty more great ones on twitter:
  16. I'd like to borrow you overnight and then hold you to maturity #FedValentines
  17. Roses are red, violets are blue, thank you for Twist and, of course, QE2! #fedvalentines
  18. But, soft! What light through yonder discount window breaks? It is the East, and Ben is the sun. #FedValentines
  19. The non-traditional stimulus was way better than I thought it would be. #FedValentines

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