Professional Custom Accounting: Does the Federal Reserve directly or indirectly influence equity security prices? 

Professional Custom Accounting: Does the Federal Reserve directly or indirectly influence equity security prices?

Describe the primary objectives of the Federal Open Market Committee and the means by which it attempts to achieve these objectives.

What is the Beige book and why do market participants pay attention to it?

Is it the role of the Fed or Congress to determine the fate of large financial institutions that are near bankruptcy?

Does the Federal Reserve directly or indirectly influence equity security prices?  Based on your response, do equity market participants focus on current Fed actions or the expected ones when it comes to pricing equity securities?

Visit the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s website.  Identify one policy objective and its effects on consumers and businesses.