Sierra CIO Tells MarketWatch What May Happen When Fed Loosens Quantitative Tightening
"Here are 3 things investors need to know about how the Fed might roll back quantitative tightening"
The notion that the Federal Reserve will soon slow, or perhaps even end, its program of quantitative tightening is increasingly being talked about on Wall Street like a foregone conclusion.
But while investors wait to hear more on the subject from Fed Chair Jerome Powell during next week's post-meeting press conference, they could be forgiven for asking themselves some questions.
What might an imminent taper of the Fed's balance-sheet runoff look like? Why has it suddenly become so urgent? What might it mean for the six or so interest-rate cuts investors are expecting from the Fed this year, as well as for markets more broadly?
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