The Magnificent Samaritans

(1) Thanks again, Fairy Godmother! (2) Yellen takes reasons to tighten and turns them upside down. (3) Trump sees a Yellen-Brainard-Clinton conspiracy. (4) Fed officials back off to one-and-done this year, and maybe two in 2017. (5) New normal outlook for slow GDP gaining ground at Fed. (6) BOJ’s Kuroda is playing on both sides of tug of war. (7) Pegging the yield curve is the latest experiment by the BOJ’s central monetary planners. (8) “The Magnificent Seven” (- - -).