Unwarranted

From the minutes of  the Fed’s 12/13-14 meeting:

Participants noted that, because monetary policy worked importantly through financial markets, an unwarranted easing in financial conditions, especially if driven by a misperception by the public of the Committee’s reaction function, would complicate the Committee’s effort to restore price stability.

Per Bloomberg, financial conditions are now back in pre-QT, super low rate – i.e. bubble – territory.

Fin Cond Index

This isn’t going to make Jerome Powell happy, is it? Could 0.50 be back on the table? Just to get the markets’ attention…

By reality, on January 25, 2023 at 12:41 pm, under Financials, Fixed Income, Government, Inflation & The Dollar, Manias, Stocks, Strategy & Scenarios, The Fed, The Fisc. No Comments
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