This Issue Will Push the Fed Toward Liftoff

In the long-biased and hopeful stock market, and the media that follows it, it seems to me that a great deal of the discussion around the Federal Reserve has to do with reasoning against a near-term interest rate hike. There is doubt about the Fed’s plan for liftoff, and I guess skepticism is sensible given how long it has been since the Fed last tightened monetary policy. However, reasons also exist today that are pushing the Fed toward a near-term interest rate hike. This is one of them, heating inflation. See the report on the Fed here. Article interests SPDR S&P 500 (NYSE: SPY), PowerShares DB US Dollar Bullish (NYSE: UUP), SPDR Gold Trust (NYSE: GLD), Financial Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLF), SPDR Dow Jones (NYSE: DIA), PowerShares QQQ (Nasdaq: QQQ), iPath S&P 500 VIX (NYSE: VXX).

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