Just as consensus demanded expected, the FOMC transformed sterilized 'Twist' into unsterilized QE4 in addition to QE3's MBS buying and lowered economic forecasts - dropping calendar-based rate guidance unchanged with a shift to "Evans-Rule"-like threshold-based guidance. High inflation [4], forget it; 'lower' unemployment, naah; market wants 'moar' so market gets 'moar'. $4 Trillion balance sheet here we come (check to Draghi's OMT and Spain or EUR 'richness' crushes hopes of recovery).
- *FED BOOSTS QE WITH $45 BILLION IN MONTHLY TREASURY PURCHASES
- *FED TO KEEP BUYING MORTGAGE BONDS AT PACE OF $40 BLN PER MONTH
- *FED SAYS MONTHLY PURCHASES TO TOTAL $85 BLN
- *FED ADOPTS ECONOMIC THRESHOLDS FOR POLICY TIGHTENING
- *FED: RATES TO STAY EXCEPTIONALLY LOW WITH JOBLESS ABOVE 6.5%
- *FED: RATES TO STAY LOW WITH INFLATION SEEN AT 2.5% OR LESS
Disappointingly for AAPL investors, there was no explicit decision to monetize mini-iPads (or their own subsidized student loan debt in the ultimate reacharound).
Pre- And Post- Levels (post = 15 mins after news) - small moves in general
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Redline comparison with October statement: