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Where once the Fed kept its deliberations secret and acted as sphinxlike as possible about its intentions, it now tries to indicate what it's concerned about and the direction in which it's leaning.
Its first, generic (general) name is a bonus--giving extra information--because it incorporates meanings for two of the stages of this animal-- pachy - thick (it is wide-bodied) for the adult insect, and the typical sphinxlike raised head for the caterpillar stage.