by Megha Malhotra | Aug 30, 2021 | Interest Rate Trends, Macroeconomic news
US primary market issuances fell to $2.3bn in the week leading up to Fed’s Jackson Hole meeting vs. $13.7bn in the week prior. IG issuances fell to $1.9bn vs. $9.4bn in the prior week. HY issuances were lower at $0.4bn vs. $3.9bn in the prior week. The IG space...
by Megha Malhotra | Aug 23, 2021 | Interest Rate Trends
US primary market issuances fell sharply to $13.7bn vs. $46.6bn in the week prior. IG issuances fell to $9.4bn vs. $32.1bn in the prior week while HY issuances were lower at $3.7bn vs. $14.4bn in the prior week. The IG space was led by Athene Global Funding’s...
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...