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...
by bondevalue | Mar 13, 2018 | Financial News, Interest Rate Trends, Macroeconomic news, U.S. Federal Reserve Bank, U.S. Treasury Yield
After skyrocketing in January, US consumer prices rose moderately in line with expectations in February, with an increase of 0.2% for both the main consumer price index (CPI) and the core gauge which excludes food and energy. The CPI was up 2.2% in the 12 months...
by bondevalue | Feb 15, 2018 | Financial News, Interest Rate Trends, Macroeconomic news, U.S. Federal Reserve Bank, U.S. Treasury Yield
The U.S. released its consumer price index (CPI) figures last evening, reporting that consumer prices – with the headline number up 2.1% and core CPI up 1.8% from a year earlier – rose by more than projected in January thus adding to concerns about an...
by bondevalue | Feb 1, 2018 | Financial News, HomePage, Interest Rate Trends, Macroeconomic news, U.S. Federal Reserve Bank, U.S. Treasury Yield
Federal Reserve officials met yesterday for the last time under Chair Janet Yellen, voting unanimously to leave borrowing costs unchanged, as was expected by the markets. In the FOMC statement however, the word “further” was added twice to previous...
by bondevalue | Jan 4, 2018 | Financial News, HomePage, Interest Rate Trends, Macroeconomic news, U.S. Federal Reserve Bank, U.S. Treasury Yield
The minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee’s 12th-13th December meeting revealed that most participants continue to support a “gradual approach to raising the target range” for the benchmark policy rate. Federal Reserve officials voted during the meeting...
