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Bond Traders Trap Fed in No-Win Situation

Raising interest rates at this week's meeting might blindside investors; holding off too long would further the impression the Fed's beholden to the markets.

By Brian Chappatta, Bloomberg | Updated on September 19, 2016

For all the talk that central banks have taken over financial markets, the paralysis gripping the Federal Reserve over upsetting bond traders sure makes it seem as if it’s the other way around.

Time and again, Janet Yellen and other Fed officials have tried to jawbone investors into believing they were finally ready to raise interest rates. Yet time and again, whether it was because of Brexit, a slowing Chinese economy, or just lackluster growth at home, they lost their nerve.

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