The Federal Reserve has raised short-term interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade, calling an end to the near-zero borrowing costs that have prevailed since the US was struck by the worst financial crash in modern times. 美联储(Federal Reserve)近10年来首次上调短期利率,结束了自...
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised its benchmark interest rate by 75-basis points for the first time in nearly three decades as policymakers intensify their fight to cool red-hot inflation, a move that threatens to slow U.S. economic growth and exacerbate financial pressure on American...
The article reports on the decision of the U.S. Federal Reserve to increase interest rates for the first time since 2006, with the move benefiting high yield credit and stock markets.AldersonDanGlobalCapital
WASHINGTON, June 16 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Federal Reserve has announced the biggest rate hike in 28 years, and some economists fear a recession lies ahead for the country. The Fed raised the target for the fed funds rate by three-quarters of a percentage point on Wednesday, in an effor...
Last year was shocking to many in the investment community: It marked the first time in at least 45 years that stocks and bonds both posted negative returns in a calendar year. Battling high inflation, the US Federal Reserve (Fed) and other central banks raised intere...
The Federal Reserve gave investors exactly what they said they wanted on Wednesday, slashing interest rates by an outsized 50 basis points—but it still wasn’t enough. After a brief jump following the initial announcement, stocks went through a period of highly volatile trading before all three...
In 2024, declining inflation rates have led the Federal Reserve to implement multiple interest rate cuts over the past six months. When the Fed cuts rates, money market funds, which held $6.67 trillion in assets as of November 2024, become less attractive compared to other investments like S&P...
A key gauge jumped to levels last seen in January as strong US economic data leads traders to trim the degree of Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts expected this year, driving up Treasury yields as well. /jlne.ws/3Jmo4te Derivatives trading rules need to evolve to improve liquidity Jennifer...
Fed Slashes Rates To Near 0%, Makes Historic Policy Shift.The Federal Reserve cut interest rates to as low as 0% on Tuesday and signaled it will use asset purchases as its primary tool to ease the credit crunch and jolt the economy out of recession.STODDARD...
“We do not borrow ‘cheap’ from the Federal Reserve or any other source; we borrow at market rates, like everyone else does.” Then he must have had a pang of conscience and wrote this later in the same missive to shareholders: ...