It was a wild ride for the stock market this past week.� The focus was on inflation and the Fed.
Early in the week, the market tanked on fears over inflation.� Then, on Wednesday when the inflation news did in fact turn out to be worse than expected, the market rallied.� The rally continued strongly on Thursday, but faded on Friday.� Throughout all this, Fed officials made numerous statements on inflation.� Most of them were hawkish.
The action this past week was subject to sharp swings in sentiment.� Fear took
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