In his speech at Jackson Hole on Friday, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke is unlikely to fulfil the markets’ hopes that he will pave the way for a third round of asset purchases (QE3). And even if he did, QE3 is unlikely to boost the economy, equity prices or commodity prices by as much as QE1 and QE2.
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