Expectation ManagementCentral Bank CommunicationInterest Rate ExpectationsMarket TantrumsI provide empirical evidence that Fed officials use their speeches to guide short-term interest rate expectations. Measures of misalignment between market and cSocial Science Electronic Publishing...
Conflicting signals on inflation and the uncertainty over Trump's policies have caused traders to scale back their outlook for interest rate cuts ahead. The market-implied probability of a rate trim in December has drifted below 60%, with an expectation of just three-quarters of a percentage ...
WASHINGTON, May 2 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday kept the interest rates unchanged, in line with market expectation, while expressing confidence that inflation is near its 2-percent target. "The (Federal Open Market) Committee decided to maintain the target range for the f...
Sometimes, rates even fall (or rise) on the mere expectation the Fed is going to adjust rates. Still, two rate cuts will do little to change just how expensive borrowing costs have become thanks to the Fed’s forceful inflation fight. Here’s how much more expensive it’s become to f...
A lower Fed rate would likely lead, over time, to reduced borrowing rates for households and businesses. Some economists now predict that the central bank’s first rate cut won’t come until July or even later. That expectation has fueled speculation on Wall Street that the Fed might end ...
Fed rate hikes starting in March a 'high probability': Fmr. Federal Reserve governor Chicago Booth professor of economics and former Fed governor Randall Kroszner weighs in on Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell's intentions to raise interest rates; Revere Securities' Scott Fullman shares his sto...
A lower Fed rate would likely lead, over time, to reduced borrowing rates for households and businesses. Some economists now predict that the central bank’s first rate cut won’t come until July or even later. That expectation has fueled speculation on Wall Street that the Fed migh...
Powell said it's too soon to say for sure how the ongoing conflict, the response from nations around the world, including sanctions may have changed that expectation, but for now, the Fed will proceed carefully with that plan. Diane Swonk, chief economist at major accounting firm Grant Thorn...
A top question on the minds of investors and consumers alike is when might the Federal Reserve make its first interest rate cut after two years of rapid hikes, which have sent mortgage and credit card rates soaring. But after Tuesday'shotter-than-forecast inflation report, economists have a ...
WASHINGTON, May 23 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rate "soon," if economic outlook was in line with expectation of Fed officials, the minutes for the central bank's latest policy meeting showed on Wednesday. ...