Historically the annual Jackson Hole symposium has been a major market-moving event as it has traditionally been the venue where central banks make critical announcements such as Bernanke's preview and hints of QE2 and QE3 in 2012, as well as Draghi's suggestion of the ECB's QE in 2014. As shown in the chart below, market reactions following these events have been material.
“How will my neighbors’ gay marriage affect me?” said the people a decade ago, implying that it would not, and that any objection to gay marriage was bigoted nonsense. That wasn’t true, and it was never true, and I take no pleasure in saying, “I told you so.” Excerpt from an AP story, datelined Cheyenne:
Some current and former Wyoming lawmakers as well as national religious groups are supporting a municipal judge who faces a dismissal petition before the Wyoming Supreme Court for saying she would not preside over same-sex marriages.
Bernie Sanders has beaten Hillary Clinton to win the Wyoming democratic caucuses. The man of the people won the western state with 56 percent of the vote in a run-up to a major primary being held in New York next week. RT reports: We appreciate and thank the people of Wyoming so much for their support! https://t.co/5QKg7o5h9R — Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) April 9, 2016 With 100 percent of precincts reporting, the Associated Press reported that the Vermont senator won with 55,7 percent of the vote.