PINS - Wall Street Breakfast: Fed Watching

Listen on the go! A daily podcast of Wall Street Breakfast will be available by 8:00 a.m. on Seeking Alpha, iTunes, Stitcher and Spotify. Fed watching The Fed's monetary policy-setting committee is expected to show exactly how patient it is this afternoon, revealing its thoughts on inflation, bond buying and risks to the financial system. While the FOMC isn't expected to adjust monetary policy at the April meeting, investors will be looking for whether the officials start "thinking about thinking about" tapering the pace of $120B+ monthly asset purchases. Most economists aren't expecting that to start until the central bank's June meeting at the earliest.Bigger picture: Even talking about easing up on the Fed's purchases of Treasurys and mortgage-backed securities will be a delicate balance. In 2013, Fed officials triggered a "taper tantrum" in the bond market - which pushed yields on the 10-year Treasury up by half a percentage

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Wall Street Breakfast: Fed Watching