monetary-policy on S Anand

Greenspans defence

Mon, 09 Sep 2002 12:00:00 +0000

Greenspan’s defence. On why he couldn’t have raised interest rates earlier and prevented the bubble.

Fed lowers interest rates

Thu, 04 Jan 2001 12:00:00 +0000

The Fed lowers interest rates! Certainly hadn’t expected it till the end of the month. Obviously, since this is the first time they changed rates in-between policy meetings. The market was caught short too. Anyway, the NASDAQ has shot up. IT stocks in India are following.

Fed will lower rates in Jan 2001

Tue, 26 Dec 2000 12:00:00 +0000

You can use the Fed Futures to get the market’s estimate of whether the Federal Reserve will lower interest rates. My guess, based on the numbers is that it will happen in late January 2001. Buy up stocks before then!