What the Fed may do right now is prepare the market for a switch to a tightening policy from a neutral policy, and that may happen as soon as this month. There's always been the expectation that the economy would slow and ease labor market conditions, but that doesn't seem to be happening.
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There's also concern the Fed will move toward a tightening bias, perhaps as soon as this month.Rob Palombi
It's always been a contentious issue, though both the Ministry of Finance and the Bank of Canada, for the record, have said they're against a common currency. I think over a very long time you'll see an amalgamation of currencies, but that's a very long way away.
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Consumers continue to spend their earnings from the stock market and other investments. Even with the correction we've seen recently, the average investor is still significantly ahead of where they were two years ago and is still willing to spend a little of those earnings.
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The general feeling is that the Fed can afford to bide their time on Oct. 5.
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Greenspan's objective is to keep the U.S. economy expanding for as long a stretch as possible. That's why he's being so prudent in his speeches and that's why he'll adjust monetary policy to allow for that.
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Now I think that perception is much, much different.
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