Meredith Whitney on 60 Minutes: Expect 50+ muni bond defaults in 2011

Xmas sales should pick up in 2019, but Amazon looms

While the Fed’s communication toolkit has steadily expanded since 2000—from formal post-meeting statements to press conferences and quarterly projections—a deliberate rollback of forward guidance could reduce policy transparency but also curb market misinterpretations that have plagued rate forecasts.

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