Jeffrey snider writes…
On February 7, the 3-month LIBOR rate (US$) fell sharply. Traders were, as various media outlets reported, stunned. All sorts of excuses were issued, the goal of them cumulatively to deny your lying eyes. Falling LIBOR couldn’t have been the market, especially eurodollar futures, anticipating a rate cut because these same people had been saying (and betting) for nearly two years how awesome the (global) economy was becoming.
Globally synchronized growth doesn’t lead to falling LIBOR, let alone rapidly falling.
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