Fed nears decision on interest rates, economists split on choices FOMC – Italian Stock Exchange

(Il Sole 24 Ore Thomson Financial) – New York, September 14 – Thursday ‘at the end of the FOMC meeting which starts on Wednesday’, the Federal Reserve will put ‘an end to the doubts of investors and markets, announcing its decisions on’ increase the cost of money, still at a record low since December 2008. Whatever will ‘, after all, will’ surprise ’cause, to date, economists on Wall Street do not know what to expect. If it ‘s true that the bets traders indicate that there is’ about 25% of possibility ‘reaching the first rate increase since 2006, and’ also true that analysts are much less clear in their statements. “There will be ‘strong volatility’, whether they raise or not raise rates,” said James Paulsen, investment expert of Wells Capital Management. Just the volatility ‘market and’ one of the elements that the Fed earth ‘into account when making their own decisions, especially in the light of the turbulence of the Asian markets, triggered by fears about the health of the Chinese economy. “It ‘hard to predict what will’ the FOMC, and essentially ‘like pulling the coin,” they wrote in a note to analysts at JPMorgan. One of the experts and ‘relatively safe that things will remain as they are: “It should not be difficult to establish. We do not expect a rate hike at the meeting on 16 and 17 September,” wrote analysts at Goldman Sachs in a note. According to Peter Boockvar, principal analyst of The Lindsey Group, if the Fed decides’ to a stalemate, the markets will point upwards: “If you raise rates, but they will use tones very accommodating, in the two hours after the announcement ( come ‘to 14 American, two hours before the bell on Wall Street) there will be’ a good rally, which will be ‘even more’ failure if the increase there will be ‘, “he said. Less clear is what will happen the day after the announcement, Friday ‘. It ‘possible that there is a decline, after an initial rise: “It’ s possible that traders sell on the news”, said Boockvar.

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