... were set to announce lowering short-term rates to zero and passing truly massive stimulus programs.
These trades could all have been honest coincidences, but how likely is that? An official might suggest ...
... through September. In response to this decades-high inflation, the Fed raised rates twice during Q3 for a total of five increases this year, bringing the short-term benchmark rate it controls to 3.25% ...
... worse? The Fed. They raised rates again by 0.75% last week for a total of 3% this year. A major problem with this is, even as Fed Chair Jerome Powell has reiterated in recent days, rate increases “have ...
... driven by inflation, recession risk, and the Fed, with the latter expected to raise short-term interest rates by another 0.75% when they meet again this week.
But instead of all that, let’s discuss an ...
... to the right.)
Gyrations in the markets have largely been caused by fears about the Federal Reserve raising interest rates too quickly to fight off inflation and sending the economy into a recession. ...
... I don’t think we can argue with that, the main question on the minds of investors is how high he and the rest of his committee will raise interest rates to get back to the increasingly mythical land of ...
... rates on crypto deposits that could be easily converted into dollars and spent via a debit card. The company’s marketing implied safety and security while being anything but behind closed doors. Ultimately ...
... handle their second job of maintaining full employment within the economy. The Fed’s primary method for tempering inflation is to slow the economy by raising interest rates, a blunt tool that is tough ...
... on bonds as a source of strength within a portfolio.
Now let’s look at this year so far, a year that among other things has turned into one about interest rates (kryptonite for bonds). We see bonds ...
I don’t know about you but I’m feeling very exposed lately. Exposed to what, exactly? Everything. Inflation, interest rates, the stock and bond markets, our dysfunctional politics, geopolitics, cultural ...