Volatility Bites U.S. Markets; Should It Also Bite The Fed?
Candy Matheson | Jan 25, 2022 12:11AM ET
The SPX had a wild ride on Monday, with an intraday trading range of 194.7 points, complete with a gap down on the open, followed by a huge drop lower, and finally followed by a massive rally to close the day a bit higher than Friday's close, as shown on the following daily chart.
This volatile action triggered some interesting tweets...
...and has created an "interesting" dilemma for the Federal Reserve to digest as they examine their next moves at their upcoming meeting this Wednesday.
However, I can't see this influencing their dual mandate to maintain a 2.0% inflation target and stable prices (the U.S. inflation rate is already well above at 7.0% with no signs of abating) and to promote maximum employment (the current unemployment rate is 3.9%).
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Their current interest rate is 0.25% and is not a deterrent to curb out-of-control inflation.
If yesterday's intraday volatility does unduly influence them, they're not performing (what should be) their impartial job of properly managing their dual mandate, in my opinion.
Source: TradingEconomics
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