'No Change! No Change!': Another Maddening Wait for Wall Street
- Traders were hoping Yellen would end the rate-hike suspense
- `I feel deflated' sums up the disappointment in the Fed
Most Important 2 Minutes of the Fed News Conference
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“Are you freaking kidding me?”
The trader at Raymond James and Associates Inc. on Park Avenue in New York couldn’t believe it when the the headline flashed at 2 p.m. -- once again, Janet Yellen was holding the line and doing nothing. The Federal Reserve would keep interest rates near zero, continuing the easy-money era that began seven years ago.