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By Andrew Wilkinson |
June 25, 2014
At last week’s FOMC meeting the committee allowed for a weak start to the year by lowering its overall 2014 GDP estimate to 2.1%, which assumes a stronger rebound for the rest of the year than is implied by the latest durable goods report.
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By Andrew Wilkinson |
June 18, 2014
FOMC policy statement and summary of economic projections.
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By Daniel Kruger and Cordell Eddings, Bloomberg |
June 18, 2014
A survey published yesterday showed a majority of economists expected the Fed to raise its federal funds target rate faster than money-market investors priced in.
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By Tory Enerson |
May 1, 2014
It has been a busy week featuring continued earnings, a glut of U.S. data. What have we learned?
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By Greg Adamsick |
April 28, 2014
The Eurodollar curve has spreads steepening with the pivot point of the curve moving out from June 2005 to September 2005. The market moved this pivot in when Janet Yellen suggested the Fed might start raising rates six months after the end of tapering.
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By Daniel P. Collins |
April 23, 2014
Debating tapering and tightening.
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By Daniel P. Collins |
March 20, 2014
Fed's not turning back now.
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By John Detrixhe, Bloomberg |
February 20, 2014
The U.S. currency gained on speculation the Federal Reserve will continue to reduce monetary stimulus even as a gauge of business in the Philadelphia region unexpectedly fell this month.
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By Daniel P. Collins |
February 9, 2014
Since Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke first brought up the notion of tapering there has been hysteria over the inevitable tightening of interest rates. Some people confused tapering for tightening and some insist it is the same thing.
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By Phil Flynn |
February 4, 2014
Oil held up better than some markets as worries about Libya sending its army to a reopen a port helped widen the Brent West Texas Intermediate spread.
