Valentines for the Federal Reserve – On Twitter, Anyway

On Friday, Twitter was abuzz with financial advisors, journalists and investors having some fun with the Federal Reserve and the upcoming Valentine�s Day holiday.

As if the financial media has nothing better to do.

Using the hashtag #FedValentines, a host of people � including the Fed�s official twitter account for its San Francisco branch � spouted off.

Here are some of my personal favorites:

• I’d like to borrow you overnight and then hold you to maturity. - Alan Beattie, of TheFinancial Times, Twitter account @alanbeattie.
• I’ll always be your dual mandate. – Eddy Elfenbein, of the blog Crossing Wall Street. Twitter account @eddyelfenbein
• My love is elastic, my commitment too big to fail- Official San Francisco Fe account, @SFFedReserve
• After a romantic stroll down Maiden Lane, I just want to jump into your ARMs - Marketplace radio�s Heidi Moore, Twitter account @moorehn
• The impact on economy and markets of the problems in the subprime market was likely to be contained. But not my love for you. - Paul La Monica, CNNMoney editor, Twitter account @LaMonicaBuzz
• I only have eyes for you. And inflation. But mostly you. - Eric Nelson, editor at publisher Wiley & Sons. Twitter account @ericatwiley
• You had me at QE1. - NPR’s Planet Money, Twitter account @planetmoney
• Your absence has a material and adverse effect on the flows from my trust – a NY securities lawyer, @amaeryllis

If you can’t have some fun with monetary policy around an overly commercialized holiday like Valentine’s day, then you just have no sense of humor.