As part of the stress testing routine, each bank is supposed to do its own simulation of how it would respond to the scenarios specified by the Fed, using its own internal model. And—surprise, surprise!—the banks virtually uniformly predict that they will do better than the Fed.
The end of today’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting included fresh dovish language in its policy statement – but the market-friendly attitude failed to excite investors who were hoping for more.
As widely expected, the U.S. Federal Reserve announced it will stay the course on its bond tapering. Anticipated – but not as expected – the policy statement shed some light on eventual interest rate hikes.
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