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Contrarian Profits (December 16th, 2008) Writes:
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Dear Value Seeker,

Sometimes words speak louder than actions.

Especially when it’s the Fed’s words.

Today, market watchers are on the lookout for clues about how the Fed is going to tackle deflation.

A rate cut of at least 0.5% is already in the can as far the pundits are concerned.

But with consumer prices plunging, investors expect the Fed to signal more emphasis on more unorthodox ways of ‘stimulating’ the economy.

According to MarketWatch, “The bottom line on Fed policy is supply of money. The Fed typically targets the price of money but, with the price so low, it will focus on increasing the quantity of money through its balance sheet.”

Not that the Fed hasn’t tried this already.

It has doubled the size of its balance sheet to over $2 trillion since September.

As Bud Conrad at Casey Research notes, “Mostly under the covers, [the Fed]

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