Deutsche Bank: Fed Taking Eye of Politics, Watch For Keynesian Accelerator

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Mark Melin
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The winds are changing at the US Federal Reserve ahead of a potential Fed rate hike, a Deutsche Bank report observes, as central bankers take their eyes off politics as a precursor to future economic growth and focus on data with a Keynesian style.

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.