by bondevalue | Aug 2, 2019 | Financial News
The U.S. Federal Reserve cut interest rates for the first time in more than a decade on Wednesday 31 July, citing “implications of global developments for the economic outlook as well as muted inflation pressures”. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said the cut was to...
by bondevalue | Jun 3, 2019 | Interest Rate Trends
U.S. fed funds futures contracts extended their rally and are currently indicating more than half a percentage point of interest rate cuts this year by the Federal Reserve. Several U.S. primary dealers corroborate these numbers with their prediction of rate cuts in...
by bondevalue | May 20, 2019 | Interest Rate Trends
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Raphael Bostic said during a Bloomberg Television interview that he does not think U.S. monetary policy needs to be adjusted, and that the scales are neither tilted towards an interest-rate increase or cut. He elaborated that...
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 | Feb 21, 2019 | Interest Rate Trends
In the minutes to their January 29-30th meeting, Federal Reserve officials showed uncertainty towards the direction of interest rates in 2019 while widely favouring the end of the reduction in the central bank’s balance sheet. Launched as an emergency measure...
