It’s the taper, stupid.
Next week’s scheduled meeting of Federal Reserve policymakers is being put forward as the reason for some market swings in recent days. The S&P 500 and other U.S. stock benchmarks traded lower Wednesday amidst anxiety that the just-agreed budget deal in Washington increases the likelihood that the Fed will act sooner to begin pulling back its long-standing $85 billion monthly bond buying program.
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