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11-30-18: Fed Chairman Powell, in an Apparent Dovish Shift, Says Rates Are 'Near Neutral'

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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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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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today and I'm best talk. What is our daily objective here?

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