Fed Speculation 11/1/05

[Hook N. Sinker]

Why does the Fed even bother to change rates? Rising prices and shortages slow down economic growth. Why screw around with something that is not broken?

 

[nassau]

They could suprise us all and go 1/2 pt..
causes a pullback to give the xmas rally

w

 

[swcom]

.25 now and another .25 next time, then a break, "following a period of protracted movement in the equity markets, and sustained growth blah , blah, blah".
TIP: be sure to have your thesaurus handy if ol' Greenspan is doing any talking. . .

 

[MacroEvent]

Quote from nassau:

They could suprise us all and go 1/2 pt..
causes a pullback to give the xmas rally

w

this would have been more possible if oil had held still above $70 a barrel going into this meeting --- and this would also be very difficult of a move for the Fed prior to the Christmas period, as they would be labeled all over the media as the "economic scrooge" before Christmas. plus the 1/2 point raise in March of 2000 still keeps Greenie up some nights!

 

[sucre_estave]

The fed will keep raising rates until they get a recession. That's the way it has always been done...

 

[DeepFried]

Quote from sucre_estave:

The fed will keep raising rates until they get a recession.

Yep.

The yield curve is as flat as Lara Flynn Boyle and getting flatter. After today's rate hike and then another in January we will probably have an inverted yield curve.

 

[EqtTrdr]

Quote from EqtTrdr:

same statement as always...


"bla bla bla no inflation.. bla bla bla well contained.. bla bla bla .25 point raise"


been exactly the same for a long long time

I win again!!


always the exact same statement!!

all aboard$$