Yellen Takes Off Training Wheels

151218-YellenJanet Yellen took the training wheels off the economy on Wednesday. After seven years of near zero percent interest rates, the Fed hiked rates a quarter percent.

Meanwhile, Congress passed a 2,000 page, 1.2 trillion dollar budget. That tacked another 157 billion onto the 18.5 trillion dollar national debt.

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On Friday the Dow dropped 370 points.

David Stockman says, “sell the bonds, sell the stocks, sell the house”. IBD wonders if the markets know something the Fed doesn’t.

2 Responses to Yellen Takes Off Training Wheels

  1. terry says:

    The markets ALWAYS know more than anyone, especially the Fed.

  2. βιβλία says:

    2,000 pages? for one budget bill??

    “Ignorantia juris non excusat”

    -popular jurisprude slogan

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