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Did the Markets Overlook Fed Bullishness in the March 16 FOMC Statement?

(March 18, 2016) Financial markets reacted to the outcome of the Federal Open Market Committee meeting on Wednesday, March 16, as if what the Fed had revealed was highly dovish, that is, diminishing expectations regarding future interest rates.

This entry was posted in investing, monetary policy, Uncategorized and tagged dot, Fed, Federal Reserve, FOMC, interest rates, markets, Yellen on March 18, 2016 by jfrankel.

Who is right on US financial reform? Sanders, Clinton, or the Republicans?

(Feb. 27, 2016) Eight years after the financial crisis broke out in the United States, there is as much confusion as ever regarding what reforms are appropriate in order to minimize the recurrence of such crises in the future.