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Have Fed Policy Decisions Propped Up Equities?

The stock market rises on days when the FOMC releases its policy statement, probably as a result of some uncertainty being removed for market participants. This pattern has existed for more than 30 years. The Fed's ability to "jawbone" the market higher is no more exceptional now than it was during any prior bull market.Morgan Stanley's (NYSE:MS) chief economist this week stated that the Fed's low-rate policy and "jawboning" are responsible for most of the stock market's gains since 2009. In doi…
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Did Another Interest-Rate-Hike Forecast Just Bite The Dust?

Hawkish commentary from Fed officials in recent weeks has fueled speculation that the central bank may be poised to raise rates for a second time. Maybe so, but the newly retired governor of India’s central bank warns that the low- and negative-interest-rate regimen that’s become a staple in monetary policies around the world since 2008 won’t be easily reversed. “Often when monetary policy is really easy, it becomes the residual policy of choice,” Raghuram Rajan …
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