Monday 30th August 2021The Fed chair Jerome Powell didn’t indicate any timing for tapering, as we predicted several times last week on The Morning Call. Yet the markets still reacted. Phil Dobbie asks NAB’s Rodrigo Catril what was said that was interpreted as a more dovish stance than expected. Can the markets maintain their optimistic outlook with a more cautious Fed, and with some data suggesting growth might be slowing. With NSW recording its highest infection rate so far yesterday, and Victoria staying in lockdown beyond Thursday, can the Australian dollar hold the gains it made late last week?

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