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If "rate hikes" and QT are the world's big problem in 2019, then why is the FOMC announcing the end of "rate hikes" and QT failing to have a positive effect? The answer will surprise most people. Central banks, dominated by central bankers who are Economists, meaning statisticians, are always ...

By Kevin Flanagan, Head of Fixed Income Strategy The transformation of Federal Reserve (Fed) policy continues. What was viewed as a hawkish Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) outcome at the December meeting has now morphed into a more dovish outlook. In fact, one could conclude the Fed i...

The Federal Reserve keeps interest rates unchanged and signals no more rate increases in 2019. Anthony Okolie talks with Derek Burleton, Deputy Chief Economist, TD Bank Read more ...

As widely expected, the Federal Reserve held interest rates steady at this week's FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee) meeting, but other aspects of the meeting had notable implications for markets and investors. First, large revisions to the policy rate path outlook confirmed that a strong ...

By Kathy A Jones As expected, the Federal Reserve kept its benchmark short-term interest rate steady at its March meeting, leaving the Federal Funds rate¹ target range at 2.25% to 2.5%. That was not a surprise, as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell had already indicated that the Fed ...

Market Was A Bit Extended Short-Term Monday’s session saw the first close above the S&P 500’s upper Bollinger Band (purple arrow) since the current rally began in late December 2018. In early February, the market approached the upper band and then took a very brief paus...

House Democrats are planning a March 26 vote to override President Trump's veto of a Bill that revokes his border wall emergency declaration. A top Democratic aide confirmed the date to the Washington Examiner. President Trump declared the emergency to authorize moving $3.6 billion from a mili...

Over at Econlog, I have a new post discussing the Fed's opposition to narrow banking, and specifically, John Cochrane's excellent post criticizing the Fed's position. I'll eventually get to narrow banking in this post, but first I'd like to consider some basic questions about the monetary ...

Posted by Kristina Hooper, Chief Global Market Strategist on Mar 18, 2019, in Market & Economic Weekly Market Compass: Instead of attacking central banks, some politicians want to use them as a policy tool The United States has always had a difficult, complicated relation...

In its death note to narrow banks (link to Federal Register where you can post comments; previous post ), the Fed claimed charmingly that retail deposit rates are fully competitive, so we don't need a narrow bank option to help spread the interest on reserves to deposit rates. In the Fed'...