The bond market shows unusual bear steepening, where long-term yields rise faster than short-term. Learn how investors should ...
Yes, I saw the headlines this past weekend about how the US president “demands Fed cuts rate immediately” and that “he understands monetary policy better than those charged with setting it. It brings ...
U.S. President Donald Trump and his newly appointed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's focus on the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield and not the federal funds rate to bring down borrowing costs is the ...
“The Fed has pledged not to fall behind the curve on the labor market,” Sweet said. Still another worry: A recent rise in long-term interest rates – partly due to inflation fears - that have ...
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday the central bank doesn’t “need to be in a hurry” to resume its interest rate cutting campaign, noting officials reduced the rate ...
The market is underpricing the potential magnitude of US interest-rate cuts in 2026, said the co-manager of a macro hedge ...
But there’s no guarantee the same should hold as we move further out on the yield curve. Some investors might have expected Fed rate cuts to lead to lower interest rates across the board.
As the Fed worked toward achieving its target inflation rate of 2%, it raised rates 11 times. As a result, it’s become more expensive for Americans to borrow money. However, higher interest ...
Before the jobs report was released, the odds were already low for an interest rate cut in the next Federal Reserve decision on March 19, and the January jobs report further lowered rate cut ...
“The Fed has pledged not to fall behind the curve on the labor market,” Sweet said. Still another worry: A recent rise in long-term interest rates – partly due to inflation fears - that have pushed up ...
Her first computer was a Macintosh Plus. The Federal Reserve paused interest rate cuts at today's meeting. Suffice it to say, this wasn't the most interesting decision of 2025 so far. Still ...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has a new plan in the fight to bring down historically high interest rates, and it’s got nothing to do with the Federal Reserve. Bessent, in two interviews this ...