"The Committee seeks to achieve maximum employment and inflation at the rate of 2 percent over the longer run. With appropriate firming in the stance of monetary policy, the Committee expects inflation to return to its 2 percent objective and the labor market to remain strong."
Return to 2 percent inflation? Que the laugh track...
So according to this author: The stocks are down because the global markets are in a bad "mood". Oh, I hope that their "mood" improves and isn't such a gloomy gus in the future.