With the US Federal Reserve apparently concerned that they might be forced to react too quickly if the economy starts “getting overly frothy,” a Deutsche Bank report looks at increasingly hawkish comments by Fed speakers and thinks Fed Chair Janet Yellen is not likely to stoke fear in Jackson Hole. The report points to a consistent pattern of Fed speak that points to a new rate hike rational: market stability. Deutsche Bank doesn’t expect Fed Chair Yellen to say much in Jackson Hole Dominic Konstam and his Deutsche Bank team writing the August 19 US Fixed Income Weekly report note “misgivings…
Deutsche Bank: Increasing Fed Concern Over Market Stability
Mark Melin
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.