by bondevalue | Jul 2, 2019 | U.S. Federal Reserve Bank
Despite the Federal Open Market Committee voting 9-1 to keep the benchmark interest rate in a target range between 2.25 and 2.5%, traders in the fed funds futures markets came in with big bets on the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates aggressively in the months...
by bondevalue | Mar 22, 2019 | U.S. Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell announced at a press conference on 20 March that the U.S. central bank is putting interest rates on hold for “some time” as inflation remains muted and global risks, including the trade disputes with China and possible spillovers...
by bondevalue | Mar 11, 2019 | European Central Bank
The European Central Bank launched a new round of cheap loans to support troubled banks and postponed interest rate hikes to at least the end of 2019, months later than previously indicated, in efforts to spark growth in the eurozone. As a result, German bonds soared...
by bondevalue | Feb 5, 2019 | Macroeconomic news, U.S. Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Robert Kaplan urged the Fed to “exercise patience and refrain from taking further action on the federal funds rate until the economic outlook becomes somewhat clearer”, in an essay he just released, titled “The Value of...
by bondevalue | Dec 20, 2018 | Financial News, Interest Rate Trends, Macroeconomic news, U.S. Federal Reserve Bank
The U.S. Federal Reserve defied President Donald Trump to raise interest rates for the fourth time in 2018, by a quarter percentage point to 2.25% to 2.5%, at the recent FOMC meetings on 18-19 December. The FOMC vote was unanimous, with all four of the Fed governors...
by bondevalue | Dec 10, 2018 | Financial News, Interest Rate Trends, Macroeconomic news, U.S. Federal Reserve Bank, U.S. Treasury Yield
Fed Governor Lael Brainard, speaking on the last day before officials enter a blackout period for public comment ahead of their 18-19 December meeting, reiterated an argument for more gradual rate hikes in the “near term”, a message that her colleagues...
