About the only move the central bank made was to add reserves to the banking system at its normal time of intervention.
That means they face a fairly large job of adding reserves.
In addition, the Fed is likely to add reserves to the banking system through daily open market operations.
This adds reserves to the banking system, bringing down interest rates.
The move did not signal a change in monetary policy, but was intended to add reserves to the banking system.
The Fed move would be a way of adding reserves to the banking system.
But we will continue to be in the dark until and unless they add reserves when the funds rate is below 3.75 percent.
"What the market needs is for the Fed to come in, and adding reserves will no longer suffice," he added.
The Fed knew that no one was expecting them to add reserves at this level.
As a result, the Fed will have to add reserves to the system to avoid draining funds.