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The Fed begins a delicate turn that accentuates the nervousness of the financial markets

2022-01-25T16:33:41.798Z


DECRYPTION – The US Federal Reserve has initiated debates on sensitive topics. His announcements are eagerly awaited by the financial markets, in the grip of violent volatility.


Washington Correspondent

The principle of monetary policy tightening by the US Federal Reserve this year is now firmly established.

Its timetable, its methods, in particular the speed at which credit supply is tightened, remain to be determined.

So many delicate subjects on the menu of the debates of the Fed started on Tuesday, which end on Wednesday evening.

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Inflation increases pressure on the Fed

No specific announcement is expected, but the statement followed by the press conference of the head of the American central bank, Jerome, alias Jay, Powell, should give valuable indications.

This is why they are eagerly awaited by the financial markets, in the grip of violent volatility, alarmed by the worst surge in prices for nearly 40 years, which takes the Fed by surprise.

End a zero rate policy

The central bank announced a month ago that it will stop buying Treasury bonds in mid-March.

These massive purchases, called

quantitative easing

(

QE) policy, aimed to maintain…

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Source: lefigaro

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