AGZ News and Press, iShares Agency Bond From 05/08/24

2024-05-08 06:30:00 ET Summary How the latest jobs report could help the Fed and interest rates. US rate cut timeline: How close are we? Why Canada's productivity is struggling. ... Read the full article on Seeking Alpha For further details see: W...

2024-05-04 02:00:00 ET Summary The market had already priced itself out of the multiple rate cut fantasy with which it started the year when the FOMC sat down this week to deliberate for two days on an outcome it had telegraphed well in advance. Fed funds futures markets are prici...

2024-05-03 12:35:00 ET Summary If April showers bring May flowers, then perhaps investors can rejoice that April is over and look forward to better times in May. US equities struggled last month, with the S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average, and Nasdaq all falling by 4.16%, ...

2024-05-03 07:50:00 ET Summary The inflation challenge facing the Fed. Why the US jobs market remains strong. The strong US economy and the Fed: why rates may stay higher for longer. ... Read the full article on Seeking Alpha For further details see: ...

2024-05-03 05:52:00 ET Summary Although there were no huge surprises coming out of the recent Fed meeting, it may have provided hints on what the FOMC is thinking about future monetary policy changes. Fed stressed that it would continue to be highly data-dependent in its monetary ...

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2024-05-02 05:00:00 ET Summary The latest JOLTS report showed the lowest levels of quits since early 2018 when Core PCE inflation was around 2%. This is an interesting data point because the quit rate has tended to be a good measure of labor market tightness. It’s often...

2024-05-02 03:20:00 ET Summary The Fed kept rates unchanged at the May FOMC meeting, maintaining the Fed Funds trading range at 5.25% to 5.50%. Rate cut expectations have shifted dramatically, with the market now pricing in fewer than two rate cuts compared with the initial expect...

2024-05-02 03:00:00 ET Summary The Federal Reserve left its policy rate unchanged and argued its policy stance is “in a good place”, but officials are concerned about the recent lack of progress on inflation. Rate hikes remain unlikely, but the Fed is prepa...

2024-05-01 12:30:00 ET Summary Google searches of the term “stagflation” went up dramatically last week, but I don’t believe we’re seeing stagflation in the US. The recovery in eurozone services appears to have legs, in my opinion, as we are finally see...