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Powell will discuss the Fed’s monetary policy framework review — a review it has been undertaking for nearly two years into how it conducts monetary policy — on the opening day of the Kansas City Fed’s annual symposium on Thursday. “The stock market is telling you there is asset price inflation occurring when there is still a lot of underlying weakness in the economy. I think the Fed is unlikely to view that as a signal of success on policy and, therefore, decide there is nothing more to do,” said Tony Rodriguez, chief fixed income strategist at Nuveen.
Benchmark 10-year Treasury yields hit near record lows of 0.504 per cent earlier this month, before backing up to 0.638 per cent after a rash of Treasury supply. The Fed is trying to spur inflation over the next several years in order to prevent a deflationary spiral as the global economy struggles to right itself from the Covid-19 shock.
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