REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 10 (Reuters) - A hawkish lean from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell chilled a recent rebound in stocks and bonds, with some investors suggesting the central bank was pushing back against loosening financial conditions.
Some investors said Powell may have been leaning against a recent loosening of financial conditions that has come as yields have tumbled in recent weeks.
Evidence of the dynamic between yields and financial conditions - factors that reflect the availability of funding in an economy - was on display in last week's 0.5% decline in the Goldman Sachs Financial Conditions Index, its sixth-biggest weekly drop since 1990.
"If their concept is to have tighter financial conditions, they can’t really let those yields go down.
"The rally of the markets both in equity and fixed income unwound the financial conditions tightening to a large degree," Desai said.
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