… Most importantly looking forward, "Treasury intends to continue gradually increasing coupon auction sizes in the February to April 2024 quarter and believes that these cumulative changes will leave Treasury well positioned to address potential changes to the fiscal outlook and to the pace and durati...
By David FeiUpdated: November 6, 2024 4:16 PM Categories Federal Employee Pay News Leave a comment FSA and HSA accounts are options federal employees have to help save on the cost of FEHB health insurance. OPM Retirement Backlog Posts Small Increase in October By Ian SmithNovember 6, 2024...
Published: October 8, 2024 The Federal Salary Council, the key advisory panel on federal employee pay in general—and on the GS locality pay system …More MSPB Reiterates Concern about Political Pressure in Federal Workplace Published: October 8, 2024 The MSPB has called new attention to conce...
The federal funds rate is the Fed’s main benchmark interest rate that influences how much consumers pay to borrow and how much they’re paid to save, rippling through the U.S. financial system to influence yields oncertificates of deposit (CDs)andsavings account, as well as rates oncredit...
Financial markets haven’t been as downtrodden in 2024,but the optimism might not last forever. The Fed could disappoint markets by refusing to cut interest rates as much as investors are currently expecting. A slowdown, on the other hand, might make investors fearful about economic growth and ...
For example, that means that if you leave federal employment or get divorced from your federal employee spouse, you can keep your policy at the same premium. FLTCIP Eligibility and Enrollment As specified in the law, individuals eligible to apply for this insurance coverage are: Federal employees...
Kathleen Madigan at the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday: Although the Fed is tasked with promoting full employment, there isn’t much the central bank can do at this point to push private businesses to hire…. ….Fed policy’s main lever for growth is t
An employee restocks meats at a grocery store on January 17 in North Miami, FL. Wilfredo Lee/AP The May Producer Price Index is “further evidence that the inflationary spike of the past two years is receding,” said Chris Zaccarelli, chief investment officer at Independent Advisor Alliance...
As inflation remained high, the Fed continued to increase interest rates throughout 2022 and 2023. As of Dec. 2023, inflation has come down significantly, sitting at 3.4%.12 Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.7 As the fed funds rate increases, overall rates in the economy rise. If...
But lowering interest rates also tends to increase inflation. This is a negative side effect because the total supply of goods and services is essentially finite in the short term. Prices go up when more dollars are chasing that finite set of products. All sorts of unpleasant things happen to...