Markets turn sharply lower after rate cut
- It's a buy the rumor, sell the news moment, with the major averages plunging 1.5% following the well-telegraphed Fed rate cut.
- Neither the policy statement, nor the remarks at Jay Powell's post-meeting press conference give any hint that the central planners are set to embark on a full monetary easing cycle.
- As night follows day, we await a tweet from the president questioning why the Fed didn't do 50 today and/or promise another rate cut in September.
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