By Wolf Richter The two-day meeting of the FOMC ended on Wednesday with a momentous announcement that has been telegraphed for months: the QE unwind begins October 1. It marks the end of an era. The unwind will proceed at the pace and via the mechanisms announced at its June 14 meeting. The purpose is to shrink its balance sheet and undo what …
Will The US Q2 GDP Number Trigger Another Round Of Quantitative Easing?
Friday’s GDP growth number may not be the best, but it’s still much better than the European nations, particularly when compared to the horrible UK number that we saw this week, says Peter Dixon, global equities economist at Commerzbank AG in London. The economy clearly shows a downside risk since growth momentum slowed down to 1.5 percent in Q2 from …