Fed’s Rates Not Restrictive for Markets. Financial Conditions Ultra-Loose. Manias Form, Margin Debt Blows Out, Junk Bonds Party in La-La-Land

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Fed’s Rates Not Restrictive for Markets. Financial Conditions Ultra-Loose. Manias Form, Margin Debt Blows Out, Junk Bonds Party in La-La-Land

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There are exceptions: Parts of commercial real estate are in a depression, and the housing resale market has frozen.
By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET.
At the Fed’s post-meeting press conference on Wednesday, Powell will likely re-point out for the nth time that policy rates are mildly or…

This story appeared on wolfstreet.com, 2025-07-28 04:39:18.