by bondevalue | Aug 27, 2018 | Financial News, Interest Rate Trends, Macroeconomic news, U.S. Federal Reserve Bank, U.S. Treasury Yield
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, speaking at the Kansas City Fed’s annual policy symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, confirmed that the strength of U.S. economic expansion justifies gradually raising interest rates. This is Powell’s first speech as Fed chief...
by bondevalue | Jul 17, 2018 | Financial News, Interest Rate Trends, Macroeconomic news, U.S. Federal Reserve Bank, U.S. Treasury Yield
In his semi-annual testimony to Congress, U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell reported that the U.S. economy is growing quickly enough to justify continued interest rate increases. Saying that the “unemployment rate is low and expected to fall...
by bondevalue | Jun 15, 2018 | Financial News, Interest Rate Trends, Macroeconomic news, U.S. Federal Reserve Bank, U.S. Treasury Yield
The Federal Reserve voted on 13 June to increase interest rates – the benchmark federal funds rate – by 25 bps to a range of 1.75% to 2%. This move was widely expected by the markets, despite President Trump’s disagreement with other global leaders...
by bondevalue | May 17, 2018 | Financial News, Interest Rate Trends, Macroeconomic news, U.S. Federal Reserve Bank, U.S. Treasury Yield
Following the flood of better-than-expected economic data out of the U.S. this week, yields on both short-term and the longer tenor benchmark Treasury notes have risen to new multiyear highs. 2-year yields reached 2.598%, its highest since August 2008, and 5-years...
by bondevalue | May 3, 2018 | Financial News, Interest Rate Trends, Macroeconomic news, U.S. Federal Reserve Bank, U.S. Treasury Yield
In a widely expected move, Federal Reserve officials left interest rates unchanged at their meeting on 2 May whilst acknowledging that inflation has risen and is close to target. The central bank’s policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee held the funds...
by bondevalue | Mar 22, 2018 | Financial News, Interest Rate Trends, Macroeconomic news, U.S. Federal Reserve Bank, U.S. Treasury Yield
Federal Reserve officials voted unanimously to increase the benchmark lending rate by a quarter-point to a range of 1.50% to 1.75%, in their first meeting led by Chairman Jerome Powell, who took over from former Fed chief Janet Yellen in early February. This move was...
