“They stayed hawkish, but they also opened the door perhaps for a half of a percentage point hike in September as opposed to 75,” said Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at Spartan Capital Securities in New York.
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While bulls were a confident lot after the election results, with every trading session they are once again moving to take control of every corner