AGZ News and Press, iShares Agency Bond From 02/07/24

2024-02-07 05:10:00 ET Summary Money supply growth fell again in December, remaining deep in negative territory after turning negative in November 2022 for the first time in 28 years. During periods of economic boom, money supply tends to grow quickly as commercial banks make more...

2024-02-06 10:45:00 ET Summary The FOMC weighed all the economic data and decided to make it clear they would most likely not cut interest rates in March. The Fed’s favorite inflation indicator, the core Personal Consumption Expenditure rate, has been under the Fed’s...

2024-02-06 07:05:00 ET Summary The US economy is ok - credit spreads are still quite low, liquidity is still abundant, the dollar is still strong, inflation is still declining, and there are only a few indicators that suggest caution. Owning short-term risk-free assets today has b...

2024-02-04 04:15:00 ET Summary Absolute Return Partners is a London-based investment advisory business. Founded by Niels Jensen in 2002, it focuses on providing bespoke alternative investment solutions to institutional investors. In total, it manages over $600 million of assets across...

2024-02-04 02:12:00 ET Summary Instead of pivoting directly toward an easing bias, the Federal Open Market Committee opted for a wait-and-watch approach in January. Zillow’s observed rents are up 27% since January 2021, while PCE tenant and owner-occupied rent levels are up...

2024-02-03 08:45:00 ET Summary The employment data (released on Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics) was as you’d expect from an economy that is growing at a good pace. The acceleration can be seen in the three-month moving average, which irons out some of the month-to...

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2024-02-02 03:20:00 ET Summary While interest rates were left unchanged at the January Fed meeting as expected, there were some interesting hints about future monetary policy. Powell stressed that the Fed would continue to be hyper-focused on its dual mandates of price stability a...

2024-01-31 02:00:00 ET Summary If the Fed does happen to break something and the economy grinds to a halt, it can respond very quickly. We believe growth of 2.5% is very doable in the 2020s. Healthcare companies are fast becoming data companies. In their first walk o...

2024-01-30 09:22:00 ET Summary Interest rates in most parts of the world appear to be stabilizing as we enter 2024, as inflation trends continue to decline from the high levels seen in the summer of 2022. The Federal Reserve remains laser-focused on inflation and suggested there m...