Palestinians are angry about the closure of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, which with some brief easings has been in effect since Sept . 20, just before the Jewish New Year holiday.
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The rate, the securities repurchase rate, stayed at 4.45 percent after dropping from 4.50 last week in what was widely viewed as the first in a series of rate easings.
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"People should realize, and many do, that monetary policy tightenings tend to be followed by monetary policy easings in order for the Fed to return to neutral, " said Blinder.
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"There had been all these aggressive easings ( of interest rates ) but no sign of any impact, " said James Paulsen, chief investment officer of Wells Capital Management in Minneapolis.
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"In a market which has thrived on the expectation of future Fed easings, most market players quickly realized that if inflation were to accelerate, then bonds would decline, " he said.
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That puts a little bit of pressure on ( Federal Reserve Chairman Alan ) Greenspan to do some easings, " said Don Hays, director of investment at Wheat First Butcher Singer in Richmond, Virginia.
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The Federal Reserve must continue to evaluate, among other issues, whether the full extent of the policy easings undertaken last fall to address the seizing-up of financial markets remains appropriate as those disturbances abate,
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"If you're in the camp that ( says ) there are no more easings to come, then it probably hasn't done anything to dampen that view either, " said Perrott.
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"The markets are definitely saying there will be more easings " in credit by the Fed, said Patrick Retzer, who manages the $ 67 million Heartland U . S . Government Securities Fund in Milwaukee.
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The Federal Reserve must continue to evaluate, among other issues, whether the full extent of the policy easings undertaken last fall to address the seizing-up of financial markets remains appropriate as those disturbances abate . . ..
