FED has market headed for bigger bruising by dangling rate carrot... 6% wage inflation is built in by the Gov't pushing last year to get Union contracts with big pay raises... That wage growth isn't pixie dust... That wage growth gets added into consumer pricing on Most Items... What the phock doesn't need shipping?... Gov't Debt crisis caused the need for more tax revenue and was behind the push for big Union wage growth... Economy already appears in Stagflation mode with less volume on units... Big, wealthy Richy Riches are pushing up stock prices because they don't give a chit about economy or rates... They are just ringing up watch boards higher because they can't grow biz now... Average folks have limited budgets trying to pay Higher costs on every item and can't buy everything they may want to... Average folks are the drive belt of the whole economy... And that has the economy in stall mode... 0 inflation now would still leave average folks trying to pay for the higher prices... FED will only lower interest rates as political move if they do because that will be ignoring wage inflation pushing prices higher on items... Market appears headed for a bruising when reality makes media headlines... So we watch...LJ