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...
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...
