Fed held hostage to markets: UBS economist
Investment bank expects US rates to be raised in December rather than at the next FOMC meet in October
Singapore
THE US Federal Reserve has held itself hostage to financial markets which are, in turn, misreading economic data that have been revised more often and more dramatically than usual, said a senior global economist from UBS.
And with markets missing the strength in labour figures, and an expected lift in inflation, the Fed has been "very, very late" in raising rates, said Paul Donovan, global economist, UBS investment bank.
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