monetary policy
The Fed: If Fed Wants To Inject Positive Surprise, June Interest-rate Cut Might Be Best: Economist
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If the Federal Reserve wants to get in front of the groundswell of doubt about the outlook, a June interest rate cut mig... Read more
Market Extra: Why The Jobs Report Could Give The Junk-bond Market A Second Wind
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The U.S. junk bond market is making significant gains this week amid surging expectations that the Federal Reserve will ... Read more
In One Chart: The Market Is Terrible At Predicting Federal Reserve Interest-rate Moves, Chart Shows
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After an ugly May, the stock market is on track for its best weekly gain since November of 2018, at least partly on the ... Read more
The Fed: Clarida Says Low Inflation, Global Risks Could Get Fed To Cut Interest Rates
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The vice chairman of the Federal Reserve on Thursday identified factors that would cause the central bank to lower inter... Read more
The Fed: For Some Time — Fed Expects Interest Rates To Remain Steady, Minutes Show
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Don’t expect any quick moves on interest rates from the U.S. central bank, minutes from the last Fed meeting show. ... Read more
The Fed: Whats Next For The Fed? Wall Street To Sift For Clues In Recap Of Last FOMC Get-together
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Is the Federal Reserve inching closer to cutting U.S. interest rates? And how long will the central bank continue to tol... Read more
Fixed Income Investing In A Changing Market
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While rising bond yields and widening credit spreads set the scene for most of 2018, global credit markets have staged ... Read more
Fed's Neel Kashkari Says US Is 'in A Very Strong Position' In Escalating Trade War With China
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Stocks are looking at another sharp drop, but Kashkari says broader indicators are showing little signs of stress as the... Read more
Key Words: Trumps Push For Rate Cuts Could End In Disaster, Billionaire Sam Zell Warns
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President Donald Trump recently that if the Federal Reserve were to follow his suggestion and cut its benchmark rate by ... Read more
In One Chart: SocGen Says This Is The Best Predictor Of S&P 500s Volatility Over The Past Half-century
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As the lagged impact of the Federal Reserve’s rate hikes feels its way into the economy, a pickup in volatility will l... Read more
Investment Conundrums: Seneca's Peter Elston On Avoiding 'fund Blow-ups'
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Many investors are unaware of how significantly monetary policy across developed markets has tightened, according to Se... Read more
Market Extra: Head Of Worlds Largest Hedge Fund Says Adoption Of Unorthodox Monetary Policy Is Inevitable
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It has been referred to by some business experts and economists as weird science, “garbage” and “nonsense” but R... Read more
Market Extra: Powell Delivers Blow To Bond Markets Rate-cut Bets
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Powell delivered a harsh blow to bond-market bulls who anticipated a rate cut within the next two years. Read more
Bond Report: 2-year Treasury Yield Climbs After Powell Describes Subdued Inflation As Transitory
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Short-term Treasury yields rise Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s news conference. Read more
The Tell: Feds Pursuit Of 2% Inflation Goal May Spark Next Credit Bubble, Says RBC Economist
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Porcelli of RBC warns the Fed could risk inflating a ‘credit bubble’ if it wants to achieve its 2% inflation target ... Read more
The Tell: How A U.S. Dollar Breakout Could Derail Emerging Market Stocks
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If the U.S. continues to speed away from the rest of the world, emerging market inflows could flow to a trickle. Read more
Economic Report: Mortgage Rates Climb For Fourth Straight Week As Easy Money Crackdown Begins
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Rates for home loans ticked up slightly, a reminder that the easy-money era for mortgages will likely have to end at som... Read more
Investment Conundrums: Kames Capital CIO Stephen Jones On Shifting Portfolios To A 'resolutely Neutral' View
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Kames Capital has shifted its portfolios to a more balanced position with the investment team weighing an uncertain out... Read more
Fed's Charles Evans Tells CNBC Rates Can Stay Unchanged Into Fall Of 2020
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Chicago Federal Reserve President Charles Evans said on Monday that he'd be comfortable leaving interest rates alone unt... Read more