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Englishsz Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

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0 His really big worry was whether the Fed should tell the world that its bias regarding future rate hikes was 00"symmetrical"or "asymmetrical00 ". 02br
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00Their deliberations show just how much faith they put in their own jawboning as they haggled endlessly over the two choices.00In the end symmetry won,00 meaning that 00the Fed had no predisposition either way regarding its likely course of action00 .02br
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00How to understand 'symmetrical', ' asymmetrical', 'symmetry', and 'either way' in the red text?02br
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00Many thank! 0-
  

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02br 02br 00"Symmetrical" = rates just as likely to go up as down. In other 00words, "no predisposition either way". 0-

— Mr Wordy

  • 02br 02br 00"Symmetrical" = rates just as likely to go up as down.
  • In other 00words, "no predisposition either way".
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0As I understand it, the words are referring to the relative likelihood of the Fed putting interest rates up or down.02br
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00"Symmetrical" = rates just as likely to go up as down. In other 00words, "no predisposition either way". 02br
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00"Asymmetrical" = a bias in the stated direction; rates more likely to go up than down, or vice versa.0-
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0Thank you for your help, Wordy.02br
00Does 'symmetrical' or 'asymmetrical' refer to different attitudes of Fed meeting members on rates change ?0-
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10Does 'symmetrical' or 'asymmetrical' refer to different attitudes of Fed meeting members on rates change ? 12br
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10As I understand it, it refers to the collective opinion, which will be some sort of consensus/compromis
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