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A better than expected ISM services report, normally a minor indicator, also added to the positive tone.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Part of my rationale for that *ahem* less than accurate assessment about Powell\u2019s likely tone came from the fact that SPX fell after 5 of the last 6 FOMC meetings, something we <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradersinsight.news\/traders-insight\/securities\/macro\/im-waiting-for-the-man\/\">noted on Wednesday<\/a>.&nbsp; The lone exception was in July.&nbsp; I felt that the reaction to this week\u2019s press conference was analogous in many ways to that July event.&nbsp; At the time, traders seized on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalreserve.gov\/mediacenter\/files\/FOMCpresconf20220727.pdf\">this description of monetary policy<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<em>CHAIR POWELL. So I guess I\u2019d start by saying we\u2019ve been saying we would move expeditiously to get to the range of neutral. And I think we\u2019ve done that now. We\u2019re at\u2014we\u2019re at 2.25 to 2.5 [percent], and that\u2019s right in the range of what we think is neutral.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNeutral\u201d became the buzzword for the next few weeks.&nbsp; Never mind that a wide range of Fed talking heads <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradersinsight.news\/traders-insight\/securities\/good-cop-bad-cop-fed-version\/\">pushed back upon that notion almost immediately<\/a>. &nbsp;(And of course, never mind that 2.25%-2.5% is very much in the rear view mirror.)&nbsp;&nbsp; It was a solid enough reed for a recovering market to cling to and use as a rationale for a rally.&nbsp; The good feelings persisted until late August, when the infamous Jackson Hole address brought them to an abrupt halt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While I see the market\u2019s current affection with \u201cdisinflation\u201d as analogous to its prior flirtation with \u201cneutral\u201d, they are not necessarily the same.&nbsp; Neutral referred to monetary policy, which is in the Fed\u2019s direct control.&nbsp; Disinflation is something that the Fed can influence, but hardly manage with precision. &nbsp;It seemed obvious in July that a 2.5% rate was anything but a neutral monetary policy \u2013 moreso with 20-20 hindsight, of course \u2013 but the jury is still out regarding disinflation.&nbsp; It is clear that inflation appears to be slowing.&nbsp; But slowing inflation is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradersinsight.news\/traders-insight\/securities\/macro\/our-obsession-with-second-derivatives\/\">second derivative of prices<\/a>.&nbsp; The rate of price rises may be slowing, but inflation itself \u2013 the first derivative of prices \u2013 is still well above the Fed\u2019s target.&nbsp; It seems that the Chairman would rather try to let the data itself deliver the sort of news that could keep rates higher for longer rather than being the bearer of bad news himself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I must admit that when it came to Chairman Powell\u2019s press conference, I was wr\u2026, wr\u2026, ahem, less than accurate. 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