THE Federal Reserve appears to be reacting to events outside its control rather than setting the agenda in financial markets.
The Fed’s decision to delay raising interest rates at its September meeting, tied in part to concerns over China, unsettled investors, leading some to conclude that not only was the world’s most powerful rate setter hard to predict but that it was far less able to counter changes in market sentiment.
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