The Fed’s Unsteady Pulse: A Market Watcher’s Lament

As December’s frost creeps into Wall Street’s bones, the Federal Reserve looms like a character from a Chekhovian drama – a once-reliable protagonist now mired in existential doubt. The central bank’s recent 25-basis-point rate cut, delivered with a rare 10-2 split decision, betrayed fractures deeper than mere policy disagreements. It was a family quarrel made public, the sort where old alliances crumble over inherited heirlooms and unspoken grievances.




