Thursday, December 19, 2013

BOOOOM – BERNANKE SAYS “WILL TAKE WHATEVER ACTION NEEDED” ON LOW INFLATION!

Gregor Peter ‏@L0gg0l 4 min
BERNANKE LEAVES DOOR OPEN FOR FURTHER QE, SAYS COULD REVERSE TAPER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT
BERNANKE: Fed will keep rates low well after unemployment rate falls below 6.5%
Citi currency analyst Steven Englander explains why the market surged on the news that the Fed will scale back its pace of asset purchases. Here’s the sentence, and then below, the explanation:
 
The Fed Statement is being viewed as a very dovish tapering – small reduction in purchases, indication weakening of unemployment trigger, UR trigger now conditional on inflation, no date for end.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/why-the-market-is-up-after-the-taper-2013-12#ixzz2ns7eN5gw
Gregor Peter ‏@L0gg0l 1 min
BOOOOM – BERNANKE SAYS “WILL TAKE WHATEVER ACTION NEEDED” ON LOW INFLATION
Gregor Peter ‏@L0gg0l 1 min
Alert – Bernanke says “will take what ever action needed” #Draghi #Disinflation
Bernanke: Fed takes low inflation very seriously
zerohedge ‏@zerohedge 39 s
BERNANKE REITERATES QE TAPER ISN’T A TIGHTENING. Translation: Bernanke still hoping it is stock not flow
zerohedge ‏@zerohedge 1 min
Oops: BERNANKE SEES CONCERNS OF QE IMPACT ON ASSET PRICES
zerohedge ‏@zerohedge 3 min
BERNANKE SAYS BIGGER BALANCE SHEET INCREASES POTENTIAL QE COSTS.
Gregor Peter ‏@L0gg0l 28 s 
Whole Fed strategy now dangerously exposed to external shocks #Inflation

Description:
The FOMC also announced it would lower its monthly long-term Treasury
bond purchases to $40 billion and mortgage-backed securities to $35
billion a month, both reductions of $5 billion.
“The Fed is finally signifying to us the economy is doing better,” he
said. “2014, the economy will be a bit stronger, a bit broader and this
is just confirmation of it.”
Sources:
http://www.cnbc.com/id/101279385

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