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title: "When Policymakers Start Panicking, Markets Stop"
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description: "BofA's Hartnett: Since the 2008 global financial crisis, easy policies have quickly reversed all Wall Street bear markets and pullbacks. In this context, the S&P 500 Index was \"oversold,\" falling only 4%, ultimately leading to a ceasefire. In fact, the stock market has become \"too big to fail.\""
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# When Policymakers Start Panicking, Markets Stop

BofA's Hartnett:

Since the 2008 global financial crisis, loose policies have quickly reversed all of Wall Street's bear markets and pullbacks.

In this context, the S&P 500 Index was "oversold," falling only 4%, ultimately leading to a ceasefire statement. In fact, the stock market has become "too big to fail."

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