which will at some point pay interest @ 4.6%(the current average of median estimates of Fed rates for 2023 and 2024), which generates a run rate of $1.4T in interest payments alone. Add in the ever expanding spending for everything else in the Fed...
In international developments, many central banks in advanced foreign economies (AFEs) had begun or continued to lower policy rates during the intermeeting period, with the Bank of England (BOE) deciding to initiate its rate-cutting cycle with a 25 basis point reduction and the E...
Driving all of this are the same, familiar themes: The economy, inflation, and interest rates. Any political instability we may see towards the end of the year indeed may impact the markets, but until my technical and chart analysis tells me otherwise, I am remaining fully invested. Inflation...
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The Federal Reserve cut the interest rates at the last meeting to help the job market. Although the Fed delivered a 50-basis-point cut followed by another 25-basis point cut, the employment numbers still look gloomy. The focus now shifts to the next Fed meeting. However, with the bond ma...
Some economists believe the Fed waited too long to confront the burst in inflation, while others have expressed concerns that moving too quickly to stabilize prices risks triggering an economic recession. Hiking interest rates tends to create higher rates on consumer and business loans, which slows ...
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美东盘前交易资讯2024年2月1日 盘前最重要的五件事 Fed Reaction Traders are still coming to terms the Federal Reserve’s latest policy announcement, which saw the central bank signal a willingness to cut rates but appear to dash hopes of a move in March. Chair Jerome Powell acknowledged the ...
Harvard economics professor Martin Feldstein spoke to Bloomberg Television’s Sara Eisen this morning, saying that the real danger to the U.S. economy is that “this is a bubble in the stock market created by low long-term interest rates that the Fed has engineered.” ...