The US markets closed higher on Monday, with both the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average closing at record levels, carrying forward their gains on good jobs data. Meanwhile, one of the Federal Reserve’s most dovish members stated that a cautious and predictable exit plan might be the best way to avoid a market tantrum over higher interest rates. Eric Rosengren, the president of the Boston Fed, stated that the benign market reaction to the gradual tapering of the central bank’s bond-buying program this year offered lessons to policymakers. Eric Rosengren added that one idea for a cautious exit might be for the Fed to slowly stop reinvesting in its mortgage portfolio instead of the current exit strategy that calls for stopping reinvestment all at once. Rosengren enlightened that he won’t support a rate hike until the economy is within one year of reaching the central bank’s twin goals of full employment and 2% annual inflation.
Meanwhile, James Bullard, the president of the St. Louis Fed stated that there is evidence that inflation is now moving higher. This is a significant shift in Bullard’s outlook. Last month, Bullard stated that inflation was stable and any uptick in price levels was just a forecast. Last year Bullard was very concerned about low inflation, even dissenting from a Fed policy statement over concern the central bank wasn’t doing enough on the issue.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up by 18.82 points or 0.11 percent, to 16,943.10, the Nasdaq Composite added 14.84 points or 0.34 percent, to 4,336.24 and the S&P 500 gained 1.83 points or 0.09 percent, to close at 1,951.27.
The Indian ADRs closed mostly in green on Monday; ICICI Bank was up by 0.41%, Tata Motors was up 0.38%, HDFC Bank was up 0.11% and Dr. Reddy’s Lab was up by 0.09%. On the other hand, Infosys was down 0.06%.
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