The Fed and QE3: All the polls in one place
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With just a couple of hours to go before the world finds out whether the U.S. Federal Reserve will fire up the printing presses again this month, here’s a compilation of polls on the subject from different sources.
Not all are scientific in nature — the CNN and MarketWatch polls are simple yes/no questions open to the public on their websites — but it’s interesting to see that at least anecdotally, there seems to be a divide between the public and the professionals about whether the Fed will start up its bond buying program again.
With thanks to Somya Gupta for compiling.
| % of respondents who think Fed will announce more QE at Sept meeting | Type of poll | |
| WSJ Poll |
72% |
Economists |
| CNBC Poll |
69% |
Money managers, investment strategists and economists |
| Reuters Poll |
66% |
Economists |
| Bloomberg Poll |
64% |
Economists |
| CNN Poll |
47% |
Online public poll |
| MarketWatch |
29% |
Online public poll |
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