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The Federal Reserve (Fed) is set to meet later this week as investors speculate when the central bank could cut rates. We believe the Fed will decline to cut its policy rate at this meeting, but may begin easing as early as July. The advent of an easing cycle will remain data-dependent, and th...

By Elga Bartsch, PhD The Fed is considering a change to its monetary policy framework. Elga assesses the potential impact on markets and the economy. This is the final post in a series of blogs on the Fed and inflation expectations. The Federal Reserve is considering changing its monet...

By Kristina Hooper , Chief Global Market Strategist All eyes will be on this week's US Federal Reserve (Fed) meeting - especially the statement (whether the central bank will retain its "patient" stance) and the "dot plot" (which charts the outlook for interest rates). The June 18-19 Fed ...

Over the last several weeks, global and domestic interest rates have been in free-fall, with the US 10-year Treasury rate nearing 2.0% and the German 10-year interest rate falling to -0.30%. I have been a vocal bull of Treasury bonds, fighting the consensus opinion that "bonds are expensive...

Over the last three weeks , we have discussed the "sellable rally" in the markets. However, one of the more stunning movements in the market was in interest rates which have fallen sharply in recent months as "deflation" and "economic weakness" have become points of concern for the Federal Re...

By James Knightley With trade tensions likely to escalate, this Wednesday's Fed meeting looks set to confirm market expectations - precautionary interest rate cuts are coming. After hiking interest rates four times in 2018, the Federal Reserve has taken a more cautious approach to ...

This article is a wake-up call for those who do not understand the true purpose of monetary inflation, and do not realise they are the suckers being robbed by monetary policy. With the world facing a deepening recession, monetary inflation will accelerate again. It is time for everyone to reco...

The US deficit this year is already over three-quarters of a trillion dollars, putting the first eight months of the fiscal year almost equal with the entire past fiscal year. It is also $200 billion above the previous record for this portion of the year, and this May's deficit alone was 40% h...

"Wednesday's Child" comes from the nursery rhyme of the 19th century that was supposedly used in the area of fortune telling by the day of one's birth in rhyme. "Wednesday's Child" is said to be "full of woe." Seems fitting that this Wednesday will conclude one of the most (yes, most!) impor...

When the market falls in the trap of wishful thinking History warns us about not confusing what is true versus what we wish to be true , as Ray Dalio identified in his book Principles. Yet wishful thinking - the attribution of reality to what one wants to believe - is one of the most co...