Reports on the performance of the bond market in the United States for January 29, 2001. Trading of municipal bonds; Focus of the market on the monetary policy announcement of the Federal Open Market Committee.MonsarratSeanEBSCO_bspBond Buyer...
With the first highly anticipated Federal Reserve rate cut now in the books, I wanted to continue ourMoney in Motiontheme for fixed income investors. As we have witnessed since the September FOMC meeting a couple of weeks ago, the money and bond markets have been consistently “in Motion.” ...
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), the Fed's policy-making committee, on Wednesday approved the rate increase by an 8-to-1 vote, with St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard dissenting in favor of a larger half-percentage-point increase. The Fed's quarterly economic pro...
At that time, mortgage rates were nearly identical to those of today. But with mortgage rates showing no sign of reversing course—and interest rate traders split on the likelihood of an additional rate cut at the next FOMC meeting in December—buyers will likely need to wait...
Early November’s equity markets rally reflects the risk‑on mode that indicates the likelihood of the Federal Reserve moderating the pace of its rate hikes at the December Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, with additional room to step down to 25 basis points thereafter until they...
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The U.S. Federal Reserve said its Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) decided to lower its key overnight borrowing rate by 50 BPs, or a half percentage point, to the range of 4.75%-5%, following a two-day meeting. That is the first interest rate cut in four years and the most aggr...
t count out the outside possibility of a cut at the July 31 Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting. Four more weeks of disinflationary numbers could prompt the Fed to consider starting the easing process, even though the CME FedWatch Tool is showing a nearly 90% probability of no ...
Fed target rate probabilities for September FOMC meeting. Source: CME Group “The market is now pricing in 2-3 Fed rate cuts before the end of the year and 4 more cuts in 2025,” Charlie Bilello, chief market strategist at wealth management firm Creative Planning,observed. ...
There have been some clear changes in direction in monetary policy emphasis this year: at the February FOMC meeting we saw a recognition of some disinflationary influences, a reversal in the Humphrey Hawkins testimony, which emphasized more intransigent inflation that needed to be addressed, and now...