FTSD News and Press, Franklin Liberty Short Duration U.S. Government

2024-07-18 06:30:00 ET Summary More data was released indicating greater disinflationary progress in the US - which, in my view, means we will get a Federal Reserve rate cut this quarter. I think this will be a rather positive earnings season. S&P 500 companies are forecasted ...

2024-07-17 22:10:00 ET Summary The combination of the Great Financial Crisis period and the Covid era created some of the most interesting economic experiments in history, which also resulted in some of the worst narratives in finance and economics. In the wake of the Financial Cr...

2024-07-17 04:35:00 ET Summary The US economy is still growing (positive GDP) but growth has slowed and signs of weakness are apparent. This should not be a surprise: the Federal Reserve raised interest rates by about 5.5% between Spring of 2022 and Summer of 2023 in an attempt to slo...

2024-07-17 03:40:00 ET Summary While stocks of large US companies have done well over the last few years, stocks of small US companies are negative. Year-to-date, the cap-weighted S&P 500 has returned 3 times the return of the S&P 500 Equal-Weight. Although the S&P...

2024-07-16 10:40:00 ET Summary Improving news on the inflation front will likely spur the Fed to kick off rate cuts earlier than we previously projected. Inflation’s cooling late last year encouraged the market to price in as many as six rate cuts this year. With inflat...

2024-07-16 07:30:00 ET Summary Velocity of money - the speed at which money flows through the economy is often tied to speculation about the future of inflation. Today, small businesses are suffering the most pain of cost increases since larger enterprises have a lot more ability ...

2024-07-16 02:20:00 ET Summary Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said in his Senate appearance that he was encouraged by evidence of cooler inflation and that more “good data” would help get the Fed to where it wants to be. Powell also said the environment for rate cuts is ...

2024-07-15 11:20:00 ET Summary The CPI for June came in lower than expected. Inflation fell 0.1% in June, and for the trailing 12 months it came in at 3.0%. The annual increase for the core CPI rate was the smallest since April 2021. While not yet at the Fed’s 2% long-term ...

2024-07-15 09:50:00 ET Summary The Consumer Price Index actually fell in June by 0.1%, but the year-over-year change was still 3%, a full percent higher than the Fed’s target. The Producer Price Index was a negative surprise, with a headline reading of +0.2% and a core read...

2024-07-13 07:25:00 ET Summary Is the Fed ready to cut rates? Maybe not just yet. Inflation in US is softer in June, bolstering rate cut hopes. What softer U.S. inflation means for the bond market. ... Read the full article on Seeking Alpha For furthe...