New York Fed's Strange New Role: Big Bank Equity Analyst

``"Branding"? "Distribution"? "Marketing"? Stock prices? What's going on here. There are famous, long-tenured bank analysts all over Wall Street. It's their job to deliver unbiased reports on the prospects for the stock performance (equity) of the big banks so that investors can make appropriate buy, sell and hold decisions. How is this the job of the New York Fed?''