Today’s intra-meeting cut in US interest rates illustrates the Fed’s determination to do everything it can to help financial markets in the wake of last week’s events. Although the stock market might not have fallen very heavily upon re-opening today, the Fed was clearly unwilling to wait and see and today’s move was designed to give the markets the most bullish (or least bearish) scenario possible under the circumstances.
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