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...
