Interest Rates
The case for buying bonds right now
ETF Edge The case for buying bonds right now Published Tue, Aug 6 20247:00 PM EDT Ellie Stevens@elliestevens02 WATCH LIVE Source
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Markets are counting on the Fed to head off recession with sizeable interest rate cuts
Key Points In the market’s eyes, the Fed finds itself either poised to head off recession or doomed to repeat the mistakes of its recent past. “No recession today, but one is increasingly inevitable by year-end if the Fed fails to act,” said Steve Blitz, chief U.S. economist at TS Lombard. Traders are pricing in […]
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The popular ‘carry trade’ is unwinding — and economists fear Fed rate cuts could make matters worse
Pedestrians walk past a currency exchange shop in central Tokyo on April 17, 2024. Richard A. Brooks | Afp | Getty Images Rapid interest rate cuts from the Federal Reserve could make matters worse for the global “carry trade” unwind, according to economists at TS Lombard. The warning comes as market participants seek to aggressively […]
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San Francisco Fed President Daly sees interest rate cuts coming as labor market weakens
Mary Daly, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, during the National Association of Business Economics (NABE) economic policy conference in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, Feb. 16, 2024. Graeme Sloan | Bloomberg | Getty Images San Francisco Federal Reserve President Mary Daly on Monday said she expects that interest rates will be […]
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Chicago Fed President Goolsbee says if economy deteriorates, Fed will ‘fix it’
Key Points Chicago Federal Reserve President Austan Goolsbee said Monday on CNBC that the central bank would react to signs of weakness in the economy. “I’m not going to bind our hands of what should happen going forward because we’re still going to get more information. But if we are not overheating, we should not […]
Read MoreWharton’s Jeremy Siegel says Fed needs to make an emergency rate cut
Wharton’s Jeremey Siegel on Monday called on the Federal Reserve to make an emergency 75 basis points emergency cut in the federal funds rate after Friday’s disappointing jobs report. In addition, there should be “another 75 basis point cut indicated for next month at the September meeting — and that’s minimum,” Siegel, professor emeritus of […]
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