The Fed’s delicate balancing act over liquidity
Optimism and greed complicate the central bank’s decisions during market disruptions
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The Fed is vacillating as the war continues
This is starting to look like a central bank appeasing its political masters
Pressure on the Fed
More on why the central bank’s balance sheet is likely to grow again, and soon
There is method in the market’s madness
But it relies on a host of rosy assumptions going in investors’ favour
The liquidity curse for investors
Instant ability to trade tempts many to make bad decisions
Stocks’ irrational rate-cut rally
And the prospects for a Hassett-led Fed
Interest rates take fright
The market’s calm in the face of war is beginning to crack