Federal Reserve officials continue to gauge financial markets by controversial policy speak. Equity markets moved sharply lower on Friday on “hawkish” comments on the Fed Fund rate by Eric Rosengren. Then yesterday “dovish” officials, such as Fed Governor Brainard were implying less of a chance for an increase in the Fed Fund rate. This is the perfect parody for global financial markets.Just imagine corporate executives acting like FED officials, and coming out with controversial statements about earnings expectations all the time, this would lead to serious SEC/FAC investigations on conflicts of interest. Or just imagine another foreign central Bank, like the ECB, or BoJ or the Central Bank of China to “mislead” financial markets the way that the FED is. Unimaginable.
