11-30-18: Fed Chairman Powell, in an Apparent Dovish Shift, Says Rates Are 'Near Neutral'
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Hosts Justin Klein & Luke Guerrero, CFA | Wealth Managers and Investment Advisors
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🗓️ 1 December 2018
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Investors experienced a strong dose of optimism on hearing that the central bank's rate policy 'tightening cycle' may be eased.
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| 0:26.3 | And now today's podcast. |
| 0:28.3 | Good afternoon everybody, and thank you for joining me here today on |
| 0:35.1 | Invest Talk it is Friday November 30th and we are all watching the markets as we |
| 0:40.4 | very closely as we all have money exposed or these people listen to |
| 0:44.1 | show most of us do have money exposed to the stock market and you know the |
| 0:50.1 | Federal Reserve made a comment now Fed Chairman Powell made a comment. Now, Fed Chairman Powell made a comment. |
| 0:54.6 | It's possible that the Federal Reserve will reduce the rate of the hikes. In other words, they are told they said they're going to increase. A month ago they said that we're not neutral, we're way below neutral, we're going to keep raising rates into 2019. This week? We're only probably a quarter |
| 1:16.9 | point away from being neutral in our interest rates. So we're not going to be, once we do |
| 1:22.4 | another quarter point, and they didn't say that but |
| 1:24.5 | once they do another court point they would be neutral and there be no reason to raise |
| 1:28.7 | rates because they are no longer accommodative in the economy. |
| 1:34.0 | So they're neutral, neither sparking growth or holding it back |
| 1:38.8 | according to the Federal Reserve. |
| 1:40.9 | Now if they slow way down after this next height because the next height is pretty much |
| 1:45.4 | built in and expected that's what the market is reacting to. They think that |
| 1:49.8 | they're going to do that. I don't know if that's true, not, but that's the hint that's what we're |
| 1:55.4 | feeling from the Federal Reserve. I'm Steve Peasley, I thank you for joining me |
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