What? They've been telegraphing that this has been coming for a very long time.
(More than a year, I think.) And it came later than they expected.
50 bps rather than 25 may be a sign that they should have started doing it last time, but that's the only thing I see that even looks remotely like "panic".
50 bps rather than 25 may be a sign that they should have started doing it last time, but that's the only thing I see that even looks remotely like "panic".