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Fed policy is reactive. Markets are proactive. This explains the difference in projections for the path of short-term rates.

The S&P 500 hit an intra-day record high for the first time in two years on Friday

Traders are also concerned that the global rate easing cycle may not come as early as some had initially hoped

A look at the latest trends in exchange-traded funds

And stabilize prices. so we care about consumer sentiment and business sentiment to the extent that they are predictive of actual behavior, and the one thing that i'll observe is that people's feelings and consumer's sentiment especially, which used to be a pretty good indicator of consumer spending, that relationship has broken down. we watch the feelings. there is a beige book where we monitor business and consumer sentiment that feeds into the fomc decisions on interest rate, but mostly we are looking at the actual data. >> neil: you know, you must look at those market screens and see how -...