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Semantics aside, watch the Fed Funds

Daniel P. Collins
October 29, 2014
Since the Fed has not defined "considerable time" its inclusion is not relevant especially since it did not address October downturn

Fed ignores October downturn

Andrew Wilkinson
October 29, 2014
What the Fed manages to avoid is any reference to the global financial market turmoil witnessed earlier in October. Instead, they noted that, on balance, there had been “a substantial improvement in the outlook for the labor market

QE3 ends

Press Release
October 29, 2014
The Fed's FOMC votes to end QE3, keeps "considerable time" language

Fed saw weak Eurozone as potential issue

Jeff Kearns and Christopher Condon, Bloomberg
October 8, 2014
A number of participants said growth “might be slower than they expected if foreign economic growth came in weaker than anticipated,” according to minutes of the Sept. 16-17 Federal Open Market Committee meeting released today in Washington.

Bad news is good news again

RCM Asset Management
September 8, 2014
The credibility of the Federal Reserve appears to be waning as the market refuses to take their threats of pulling away the liquidity punchbowl seriously. On what was, by any objective measure, a spectacularly bad non-farms payroll number on Friday, the S&P 500 futures rallied

Fed may be closer to policy shift

Matt Weller
August 20, 2014
Though the vote in favor of last month’s policy statement was a relatively tame 9-1 decision, with hardcore hawk Charles Plosser as the only dissenter, the recently released minutes showed more discord within the committee than the statement let on.

Taper? FOMC discussed tightening at January meeting

Andrew Wilkinson
February 19, 2014
The minutes revealed itchy fingers regarding the desire to raise rates soon.