24th February 2015 - US Markets Cautious Ahead of Fed Reserve Statement

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24th February 2015 - US Markets Cautious Ahead of Fed Reserve Statement

Major Indexes as of 24th February 2015

Dow Jones - 18,116.84 (-0.13%)

S&P 500 - 2,109.66 (-0.03%)

NASDAQ - 4,960.97 (+0.10)

Despite having the strongest economy at the moment, US markets were still cautious ahead of the scheduled statement due later today from Janet Yellen, the Head of the Federal Reserve.

With oil volatility, continued issues in the Middle East and Ukraine and inclement weather in the North West the US is still holding its own and seeing economic expansion. One of the key reasons for this is the fact that rates have been held near zero for so long by the Fed.

Since its economy turned the corner late last year there has been changing speculation as to when rates would finally start to increase. June has long been the estimated time where the Central Bank would look to start increasing rates yet now that date is coming closer, many analysts believe the Fed could look to use global uncertainty as a reason to keep rates low for the remainder of the year.

Since stopping its QE back in October the rest of the worlds larger economies have started to pick up the shortfall of cash which was being injected by the US. The UK, China, Japan and Europe have all implemented long term QE which has yet to show the benefits of the program in the US achieved, even if they are in their infancy, some commentators believe that they acted far too little too late to see the kind of turnaround witnessed in the United States.

Dovish or Hawkish, the comments made later today by Ms. Yellen will no doubt draw us closer to ending the speculation on when the rates will increase, at least that’s what most investors will hope.

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