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| | | ... participants, it seems, paid closer attention to chair Jerome Powell's words this time. In his press conference, the Fed chief elaborated that: "As is evident in the SEP, many participants forecast that these favorable economic conditions will be ... |
| | | | Ho-hum. So much for speculations over the Fed's thoughts and actions, Powell and Co. did what financial markets expected - nothing - at their 16-17 March FOMC meeting. "The Committee decided to keep the target range for the federal funds rate at ... |
| | | | ... The Independent, before the US recession of 2001. Before the 'Great Recession' of 2008, 'El Maestro' Fed chief Alan Greenspan testified before the US Congress in February 2005, where he effectively discounted the bond market as irrational ... |
| | | | ... is falling" or utter Glum's (of Gulliver's Travels fame) "we're doomed, we'll never make it"? Even ex-Fed chief Ben Bernanke was oozing optimism months (or was it weeks?) before the global financial crisis hit. I apologise, I may have ... |
| | | | When Fed chief Jerome Powell tried to explain the US yield curve's flattening as a function of rising short rates because of the rate hikes (and expectations for more) and a smaller lift in the long-term yields because of safe-haven buying, I questioned ... |
| | | | ... announced the widely-anticipated 25 basis point hike in the fed funds rate to 1.75%-2% at its FOMC meeting and according to Fed chief Powell, "is another sign that the US economy is in great shape. Growth is strong. Labour markets are strong. Inflation ... |
| | | | ... projected in December). Still, to quote Robert Burns, "The best laid out plans of mice and men often go awry." While Fed chief Powell noted that the potential for a trade war - sparked by Trump's tariff on steel and aluminium - has not been factored ... |
| | | | ... profitable) to know where the men and women of the FOMC are taking the fed funds rate going forward, innit? But as former Fed chief, Janet Yellen, oft-repeatedly warned: "As I have noted on previous occasions, participants' projections for the federal ... |
| | | | "Stocks, Treasuries Sink on Hawkish Powell Remarks: Markets Wrap" Bloomberg's headline just about sums up last night's activity on Wall Street that saw the S&P 500 index drop by 1.3%; the yield on 10-year Treasuries climb by three basis points to 2.89% ... |
| | | | ... markets, speculators and investors to second-guess the Fed. No more Fedspeak - the term famously described in former Fed chief Alan Greenspan's quote, "I know you think you understand what you thought I said but I'm not sure you realise that what you ... |
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