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The Fed has lost all credibility
Fortune ^ | 09/19/2013 | By Stephen Gandel

Posted on 09/19/2013 7:07:11 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Ben Bernanke just pulled the biggest fake out in the history of the market. Now he and the Fed will have to pay for it.

The Federal Reserve's exit from its bond-buying experiment in monetary policy was never going to be pretty. It just got a lot messier.

If you were watching the market on Wednesday afternoon, you might have gotten the impression that the Fed made another great move. The Dow shot up over 150 points on news that the Fed was not in fact going to pull back on its bond purchases. But if you were watching Ben Bernanke's press conference, you would have seen something very different: a train wreck.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bernanke; fed; federalreserve

1 posted on 09/19/2013 7:07:11 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Kicked d can outta sight.


2 posted on 09/19/2013 7:08:37 AM PDT by Tugo (POTUS is a Sunni)
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To: SeekAndFind

Bernyankme is a short sighted idiot.


3 posted on 09/19/2013 7:13:49 AM PDT by jospehm20
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To: jospehm20

Bernyankme is our street pusher, our drug pimp.


4 posted on 09/19/2013 7:16:48 AM PDT by fwdude ( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Saw this at http://www.jsmineset.com/. The FED is trapped now through its and the government's doings. Looks like an inflationary depression from here.


5 posted on 09/19/2013 7:19:59 AM PDT by Errant
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To: SeekAndFind

News to me.

I was unaware that the FED had any credibility to lose.

My continuing question never changes and is never really answered: Does the majority of the “market” truly and honestly believe the inflation and jobs numbers?

On one hand, it’s quite depressing to think that they are so cynical that they just want to ride the wave of funny money and the consequences be damned. On the other hand, it is truly *frightening* to think they are so utterly stupid as to believe 7.3% unemployment and less than 2% inflation.

Either way, I wake up each day wondering when the sh1tstorm is going to hit.


6 posted on 09/19/2013 7:26:51 AM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there)
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To: Errant
Faber on what the endgame is:

"Well, the endgame is a total collapse, but from a higher diving board. The Fed will continue to print and if the stock market goes down 10%, they will print even more. And they don't know anything else to do. And quite frankly, they have boxed themselves into a corner where they are now kind of desperate."

Faber: On Bernanke Failure to Taper QE

7 posted on 09/19/2013 7:31:10 AM PDT by Errant
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To: SeekAndFind

$85 Billion for another 12 months ==

$ 1 Trillion, 20 Billion.

More smoke & mirrors from the Obama administration.


8 posted on 09/19/2013 8:29:57 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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