She seems to love money printing, whether it's at the Fed or some other central bank.
It is doubtful that the Fed or the Obama administration has a Plan B for dealing with any such shock.
Consider the following: It is the U.S. Department of Labor that reports CPI, not the Fed or Commerce or Treasury.
For example, for very premature babies who need to be tube fed or women who are going back to work.
The high volatility of the markets will likely persist as many investors try to anticipate what the Fed or government may do.
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What could change the prospect of outflows, however, is "any increase in expectations of rate hikes by the Fed or the ECB, " Mr. Diviney added.
And does he worry at all about the unintended consequences of U.S. policy either by the Fed or the by government itself on the developing world?
Those banknotes from the New York Fed or the Philadelphia Fed or the other ten banks had to be backed by solid collateral: gold and commercial paper.
Yielding 4.4% and trading a smidge off 52 week lows, the ETF offers great risk reward for my opinion that the Fed or government cannot afford to see rates move against them as quickly as they have.
For instance, money created by the Fed or total reserves held by banks at the Fed represent a mere 8% of the broader money supply in the U.S. economy, so it is no wonder that the economy barely responded to monetary policy actions over the last few years.
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Some 60% of tea-party activists want the Fed abolished or overhauled, according to a Bloomberg poll.
All of this is beyond the experience of the Fed, or anyone else.
If the Fed curtails or ends the program earlier than anticipated, that could affect economic growth and reduce demand for oil.
Sure, I can twist numbers and make wild guesses about the future of employment, interest rates, Fed policy or the banking system.
And, the complexity of those transactions was so great that it was impossible for the Fed (or anyone) to see what might happen.
We think this indicates plentiful liquidity and an inflation risk, but also too high a probability of a premature Fed pause or cut.
Now, lunch on the slopes might mean sinking into a burger made from local, grass-fed beef or snacking on a cheese board comprised of artisanal offerings.
Unlike the Fed, or the Bank of England, the ECB refuses to publish any record of its discussions, nor any indication of what the views of individual council members were in these discussions.
The market does seem to have a new wall of worry just a week after concerns about the economic recovery, and whether the Fed would or would not provide additional quantitative easing, faded away.
Often, traders have tended to take positions ahead of Fed releases or appearances in which market participants have factored in a greater likelihood of more QE, pointed out Bart Melek, director of commodity strategy, rates and foreign-exchange research for TD Securities.
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While the positions may get hurt if there is no new stimulus from the Fed, or if the euro-zone situation improves, Mr. Gross has been doing well so far this year amid the uncertainties over the 17-nation euro zone and the U.S. growth outlook.
Regardless of how markets choose to act in the short-term each time a speechifying Fed Governor or John Hilsenrath drops another ice cube in, you should know that the actual QE Exit is a four-step process and will play out over years, not weeks or months.
"The biggest risk for the current bull market is a policy mistake by the Fed, or the European Central Bank, or the Bank of Japan, or the European Union, and we got a good sneak preview of that with Cyprus, " said Burt White, chief investment officer at LPL Financial in Boston.
There are only three sources for the needed funds: either an increase in taxes or people increasing savings and putting them into government bonds or the Fed monetizing the debt, or some combination of all three.
There was no significant change in the money supply, the Fed Funds rate or any other of the traditional parameters that track Fed policy.
If a spike in interest rates, a surge in commodity prices, or a currency crisis forces the Fed to scale back or stop its money printing, the party could grind to a halt, and the hangover could be nasty.
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For nearly two years now the Fed, advertently or inadvertently, has been tightening money.
Whether an inflationary policy by the Fed is right or wrong is not really worth arguing over.
The earliest indicator of success for BofA this year are the upcoming CCAR results, or Fed stress tests.
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They recognise her and come to the edge of their cages to be petted or fed a treat.
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