AGZ News and Press, iShares Agency Bond From 03/23/24

2024-03-23 03:45:00 ET Summary The implications for bonds as the Fed pledges to stay the course on rate cuts. The balancing act between anticipated rate cuts and economic strength. The Fed's steady as she goes approach to rates and inflation. ... Read the f...

2024-03-23 02:55:00 ET Summary With a resilient economy and sticky inflation, expect policymakers to choose caution over speed. Despite recent inflation data surprising to the upside and breaking from the end-of-year trend, we have long held that the path to target inflation would...

2024-03-23 02:15:00 ET Summary After growing 3.2 percent in the fourth quarter last year (and 3.1 percent for 2023 overall), the median FOMC projection for 2024 real GDP growth is 2.1 percent. With that higher growth estimate came expectations of somewhat stickier inflation, with ...

2024-03-23 01:56:00 ET Summary The Fed's March policy meeting has generated very vocal reactions by commentators and market participants. With rates expected to stay on hold, attention focused on the new economic projections. The Fed’s estimate of the neutral policy rat...

2024-03-23 00:00:00 ET Summary To no one’s surprise, the FOMC held its target rate range constant at 5.25%–5.5% and continued the process of letting its securities run off as they mature. In support of that decision, the committee’s statement cited data sugges...

2024-03-22 03:45:00 ET Summary Money supply growth fell again in January, remaining deep in negative territory after turning negative in November 2022 for the first time in twenty-eight years. Since April 2021, money supply growth has slowed quickly, and since late 2022, we've bee...

2024-03-22 03:00:00 ET Summary At Wednesday’s FOMC meeting the Fed stood by their estimate of 3 rate cuts in 2024. The reason the Fed hasn’t moved to cut just yet is because they’re still a little cautious about another flare-up in inflation. There was a l...

2024-03-22 01:10:00 ET Summary The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) chose to keep the benchmark policy rate at 5.25%-5.50%. The latest dot plot revealed the committee continues to expect 75 basis points of cuts this year. The Fed did not make any announcements with regards...

2024-03-21 14:50:00 ET Summary Fed keeps rates unchanged. US economy continues to show resilience. Is a June rate cut still in the cards for the Fed this year? ... Read the full article on Seeking Alpha For further details see: Fed Keeps Interest ...

2024-03-21 10:30:00 ET Summary The Federal Reserve lifted its outlook for core PCE inflation in 2024 but reaffirmed expectations that interest rates will probably fall by the end of the year. The policy-sensitive 2-year Treasury yield fell for a second day on Mar. 20, dropping to ...