by bondevalue | Mar 24, 2020 | Investment Grade Bonds, U.S. Federal Reserve Bank
Financial markets are rallying this morning after the US Federal Reserve announced new measures, implying unlimited quantitative easing to support the flow of credit to households and businesses. Treasuries had a choppy session ending the day mostly unchanged. This...
by bondevalue | Mar 19, 2020 | Asian Dollar Bonds, Bond Market Basics - Educational, Credit Ratings, Financial News, High Yield Bonds, Interest Rate Trends, Investment Grade Bonds, Macroeconomic news
Old and wise traders have always whelped young traders with a final mantra, when everything is falling, only one thing goes up, US treasuries. That did not happen yesterday… US Treasuries Sell-Off even as Stocks continue to fall Markets saw a rare day...
by bondevalue | Dec 13, 2019 | Interest Rate Trends, U.S. Federal Reserve Bank, U.S. Treasury Yield
The US Federal Reserve left the fed funds rate range unchanged earlier this week at 1.50% to 1.75%, indicating that it intends to remain sidelined for the moment. Both comments made by Fed Chairman Jerome Powell and the Fed statement confirmed this as the central...
by bondevalue | Nov 20, 2019 | Interest Rate Trends, People's Bank of China
The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) lowered one of its key interest rates for the first time since 2015, signaling further easing across the globe. China’s central bank cut its seven-day reverse repurchase rate to 2.50% from 2.55%, bringing a spark of...
by bondevalue | Nov 2, 2019 | Interest Rate Trends, U.S. Federal Reserve Bank, U.S. Treasury Yield
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) voted to lower its benchmark funds rate, which governs what banks charge each other for overnight lending and also most forms of revolving consumer credit, in its October 30 meeting. The quarter-point cut, leaving the fed funds...
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...
