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By Martin McGuire |
April 10, 2014
Fed changes its views.
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By Lindsey M. Piegza |
April 9, 2014
Recall at the March FOMC meeting, the Fed moved away from the 6.5% target on the unemployment rate, replacing the quantitative threshold with a more qualitative guideline.
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By Andrew Wilkinson |
April 7, 2014
Perhaps one takeaway from this picture is that some investors are positioned for the most anticipated monetary tightening there never was.
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By Andrew Wilkinson |
March 20, 2014
The selling pressure at deferred interest rate contracts in Chicago seems to reflect the view that fixed income investors are more concerned over a faster timetable for rising rates.
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By Andrew Wilkinson |
February 20, 2014
As much as the weather did impact output and crimp activity, the reality is that the economy is slowly normalizing and that monthly payroll creation above 200,000 is likely to happen this year.
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By Andrew Wilkinson |
February 19, 2014
The minutes revealed itchy fingers regarding the desire to raise rates soon.
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By Lindsey M. Piegza |
December 19, 2013
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke reiterated that tapering is not on a preset course and the pace of reductions could be increased or decreased depending on incoming data, during his last post-FOMC press conference.
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By Jeff Kearns and Joshua Zumbrun, Bloomberg |
November 20, 2013
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said the Fed will probably hold down its target interest rate long after ending $85 billion in monthly bond buying, and possibly after unemployment falls below 6.5%.
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By Phil Flynn |
May 18, 2012
Gold and silver soars and oil sinks in what can be best described as a quantitative easing conundrum.
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By Liz Capo McCormick, Bloomberg |
March 16, 2012
Money-market derivative traders expect the U.S. central bank will lift its target rate for overnight loans a year earlier than Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s pledge of late 2014.
