3 minute read
Noisy data and election uncertainty might slow Fed easing.
4 minute read
Interest rates have fallen, but in the liquidity space, the sky has not.
6 minute read
Federal Reserve ‘recalibrates’ monetary policy.
The data did not support the large cut, but the Fed did not want to seem behind the curve.
2 minute read
The Fed’s half-point rate cut shows it still thinks the economy can avoid a recession.
7 minute read
Fed on track to begin cutting rates later this month.
Markets are yet again pricing in too many Fed cuts.
The FOMC is back to considering both the labor market and inflation equally as it weighs cuts.
Combination could chill the Fed longer than the consensus believes.
A gathering of professionals acknowledged five decades of money funds and sifted through issues in their future.
5 minute read
The presidential debate may be the only one in the election cycle.
Despite dovish inflation data, Fed issues hawkish dots.
Weekly Bond Commentary
With the Fed on hold and tax collection over, assets resume flowing into liquidity products.
Fed likely to take the summer off.
8 minute read
Does today’s soft jobs report successfully change the Fed's narrative?
The Fed's game plan hasn't changed, but defeating inflation will take longer than it expected.
Much stronger-than-expected jobs report keeps Fed rate cuts on hold.
The Fed is not feeling pressure to cut rates.
The Fed's dot plot held the intrigue at the FOMC meeting.
Magnificent Seven continue to outperform.
Strong reports have swayed expectations for rate cuts rather than the Fed's constant blaring.
The Fed removed its tightening bias, opening the door to rate cuts.
Three things to watch in 2024.
The Fed now projects rate cuts in 2024, just not as many as the markets have.
Fed rate cuts not coming anytime soon.
As the economy slows across the board, the Fed is done hiking rates.
The markets have swung too far by forecasting multiple Fed rate cuts in 2024.
Despite Biden’s terrible polling, Democrats performed well in off-year elections, which should worry the GOP.
Financial markets rally on perceived Fed pause.
The new regulations for money funds don't change their value proposition.