Konec QE za dveřmi?

Polovina členů FOMC se domnívá, že by  QE XX měl letos skončit, což je významný posun v názorech, donedávna nevídaný. Něco takového by významným způsobem ovlivnilo ceny obligací, navíc v době,  kdy jejich ceny od května významným způsobem poklesly… 

Participants also described their views regarding the appropriate path of the Federal Reserve’s balance sheet. Given their respective economic outlooks, all participants but one judged that it would be appropriate to continue purchasing both agency MBS and longer-term Treasury securities. About half of these participants indicated that it likely would be appropriate to end asset purchases late this year. Many other participants anticipated that it likely would be appropriate to continue purchases into 2014. Several participants emphasized that the asset purchase program was effective in supporting the economic expansion, that the benefits continued to exceed the costs, or that continuing purchases would be necessary to achieve a substantial improvement in the outlook for the labor market. A few participants, however, indicated that the Committee could best foster its dual objectives and limit the potential costs of the program by slowing, or stopping, its purchases at the June meeting.