AGZ News and Press, iShares Agency Bond From 11/30/23

2023-11-30 22:15:00 ET Summary All are consistent with the view that the economy is growing at a moderate pace and inflation is fast approaching the Fed's target (indeed, by some measures it is already below target). M2, the most important monetary variable that the world (and the...

2023-11-23 05:30:00 ET Summary Inflation reports from the US, eurozone, and UK suggest that their rate hike cycles may have come to an end. I still expect some volatility, as there is still significant uncertainty around the timing of when rate cuts will begin. All in all, I t...

2023-11-23 01:15:00 ET Summary The most recent U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI) data for October came in lower than economists’ expectations and showed declines across most categories. With inflation still above the Fed’s 2% target, concerns continue to linger over wh...

2023-11-21 09:48:00 ET Summary From the standpoint of systematic monetary policy, the Federal Funds rate remains below, not above, levels that have historically been consistent with prevailing core inflation, output, employment, and sales. Emphatically, our investment discipline i...

2023-11-21 08:30:00 ET Summary Consumer inflation is fading fast, and producer prices actually declined last month. This means the Fed is done raising key rates. The prices of imports also declined 0.8% in October, which is the first monthly decline since June, giving evidence of ...

2023-11-21 03:24:00 ET Summary The Bureau of Labor Statistics on November 14, remarkably, announced that the US CPI had been unchanged in October (whether seasonally adjusted or not). Contrary to what many economists had predicted, and also contrary to what many Americans still be...

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2023-11-18 03:15:00 ET Summary For investors, there are a variety of reasons to give thanks this year, including turkey prices that are lower today than they were last year. The US inflation rate peaked over a year ago, and the market expects that Federal Reserve rate hikes are ov...

2023-11-16 06:30:00 ET Summary After November 14’s big reaction to the benign CPI data, which saw risk assets rally hard and the dollar come off as interest rate expectations fell sharply, it is the turn of retail sales and producer price inflation today. It once again feed...

2023-11-16 01:50:00 ET Summary Inflation has dropped down significantly which means that the Fed, in my opinion, will stop raising rates now, and maybe even lower them, at some point next year. The heat is not off yet, but it is coming off and it is a marked change for the both th...