Thursday, September 19, 2013

Fed to keep buying down lower interest rates

The stock markets took off to new record highs on the news the Fed was going to continue buying up to $85 billion in bonds each month to keep interest rates down and spur economic growth. Two concerns mentioned by the Fed that led to this decision were increasing home mortgage rates ( up over 1% since last Spring ) and conclusive evidence the job market  and economy are approaching full health. To date, the economy and job market results have remained mixed.

No comments:

Post a Comment