The Federal Reserve may raise interest rates when the dust clears from its policy meeting that concludes this Thursday (Sep. 17), although that’s looking like a shaky proposition in the wake of global market turmoil and mixed economic news for the US. Meantime, at the other end of the expectations spectrum, certain quarters of the perma-bear club are considering if conditions are again ripe for more monetary easing. The Fed’s multi-phase bond-buying program ended last October by winding down the third wave of quantitative easing (QE3). Reviving the effort with QE4 faces long odds, at least for this week, but the thought has crossed the minds of certain web travelers. For some visual perspective, let’s turn to Google Trends for some charting candy.
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