The market-moving event this week was delivered by the Federal Reserve / FOMC meeting statement which most are interpreting as an end to further rate increases. It has remained in positive territory for over a year - and it is the longest period of trend rate of growth expansion since the end of the Great Recession. If inflation is not an issue, and economic growth appears to be trending down, and the economy is not in danger of overheating - then there is little reason to raise the federal funds rate further.