After overseeing his second Federal Open Funds Market Committee meeting, Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh remains committed to operating with less market commentary to get a direct and unfiltered messaging from the markets as they negotiate Treasury prices and the foreign exchange value of the dollar.
The adjustment period saw significant increases in nominal and real rates, and the new flow of ideas, or trickle, has left some market participants feeling overlooked.
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Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh said the Federal Open Market Committee will continue to meet eight times a year, but one such meeting will not include an interest rate vote or an official policy statement.
The Federal Open Market Committee's voting history heading into previous elections might shed light on how it approaches this week's decision.
It's the same task the Fed chairman fumbled in July, when investors took a rate hold in stride but balked at Warsh's unwillingness to signal borrowing costs might need to move higher.
Kevin Warsh doesn't want the market slavishly paying attention to the Fed; looking at what's happening in the the bond market, it may already be obliging him.
