Stock Market Today: Fed's Smooth Talking Sends Dow Above 33K
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and the rest of the U.S. central bank deftly walked the expectations tightrope in their post-FOMC meeting commentary Wednesday – at least, that's what the afternoon jump in stocks indicated.
The Fed upgraded its expectations for 2021 GDP growth to 6.5%, from 4.2% back in December – while also lifting its projections for core inflation, which it now sees hitting 2.2% (up
