Description: Republican leaders in Congress say they have “deep concerns” about Ben S. Bernanke’s second round of quantitative easing. The U.S. stock and credit markets don’t share those reservations.

Source: Bloomberg.com
 
Date: 12/17/2010

Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-17/stocks-rising-17-since-bernanke-disclosed-qe2-disarms-fed-s-worst-critics.html

Questions for discussion: 

• Why have the markets reacted as they have since the beginning of quantitative easing by the Fed?
• What are the concerns related to this behavior.