I asked a similar question not too long ago. The results were: 31% Yes, 38% PPT exists but are not intervening, 22% no such thing as PPT, and 9% I don't know. So I'm curious to see if attitudes have changed recently.
Isn't it obvious. Look at the amount of talks by the Fed, Paulson, and Bush all week. Also note the choppy ass action in the index futures intraday.
But last week 22% (21 people) on ET voted that there was no PPT. This link even has the logo of the PPT: http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/reports/pwgpolicystatemktturmoil_03122008.pdf There is also an awful lot of PPT (or PWG as the Treasury Department refers to it) activity here http://www.treas.gov/offices/domestic-finance/financial-markets/fin-market-policy/ Why vote no when it is so obvious?