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Breakeven inflation rates have ticked up in recent months. But is this a temporary phenomenon, or the beginning of a more persistent trend? While PIMCO expects inflation pressures to remain relatively subdued, we see a few reasons why the current monetary and fiscal policy rhetoric are likel...

On Tuesday I wrote about the flow of risk-averse monies into safe-haven investments as a result of the growing concern about the trade wars between the United States and China and the possibility that President Trump might impose further tariffs this Friday. I thought that it was important...

Many blog readers have asked for my opinions of "Modern Monetary Theory." I haven't written yet because I try to read about things in some detail, ideally from original sources, before reviewing them, which I have not done. Life is short. From the summaries I have read, some of the central p...

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David Andolfatto is a vice president of the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank and is published widely in the field of monetary economics. He also blogs at MacroMania, and has recently published on issues such as the zero lower bound, the symmetry of the Fed's inflation target, a new standing...

By Alberto J. Boquin, CFA The Federal Reserve (Fed) has an inflation problem. The central bank is not generating enough of it. As a result, market and consumer inflation expectations are plumbing new lows. The 5-year forward inflation breakeven derived from Treasury and the Treasury Inflat...

By Robert Eisenbeis, Ph.D. On Wednesday, the FOMC left its policy stance unchanged. This decision was consistent with the message sent after the previous meeting and was not contradicted by speeches given by FOMC participants in the intermeeting period. This action was also consistent with...

It has been quite a ride to the upside in global markets in 2019 to date. The swings in sentiment since October 2018 have been extreme, creating a significant late-cycle trading opportunity as markets bottomed during December. Earlier expectations for profits growth in 2019 were indeed over-op...

It is starting to get bumpy, but I was encouraged by wave after wave of strong sales and earnings announcements last week. So far, the S&P 500’s annualized earnings are 5.6% above estimates. We had an incredible April, which is a seasonally strong month that benefits from pension ...

The disruption this week is connected with the US-China trade talks that is scaring financial markets throughout the world. The yield on the 10-year US Treasury note dropped to 2.45 percent as money poured into the bond market, down from the 2.50 percent close yesterday. This rush to ris...