FTSD News and Press, Franklin Liberty Short Duration U.S. Government From 11/14/23

2023-11-14 12:30:00 ET Summary In my opinion, last week’s comments from the Federal Reserve Chair were performative and don’t change anything in terms of my outlook. Central banks are focused on ensuring that longer-term inflation expectations - not shorter-term ones...

2023-11-14 06:51:00 ET Summary In the context of fighting inflation, the “final mile” represents the successful and sustainable achievement of a central bank’s inflation target. Perhaps the biggest surprise in macroeconomics this year has been the resilience o...

2023-11-14 01:11:00 ET Summary I think the trimming or revising of lower forward growth estimates is a reflection of the FOMC policy. Crude oil and gasoline have fallen sharply in the last 6 weeks. High-yield credit spreads actually tightened a little this week, as did high-gr...

2023-11-10 00:18:00 ET Summary The Fed last hiked rates in July and since then financial and credit conditions have tightened. While concerns about the outlook for demand are a key factor limiting the desire for companies to raise prices further, a more benign cost backdrop has al...

2023-11-08 06:00:00 ET Summary The focus shifts to when the Fed may start cutting. Is the Fed done hiking? Markets think so. Potential market headwinds in 2024. As some in the market speculate on what the Fed's next move on rates may be, others are focusing their a...

2023-11-08 02:30:00 ET Summary Recent data reports from the US, Europe, and Canada show that inflation has been slowing. The Federal Reserve, the Bank of Canada, the Bank of England, and the European Central Bank have all kept rates steady in their most recent meetings. It app...

2023-11-06 19:25:00 ET Summary A dovish nudge in the Federal Reserve’s (Fed’s) November press conference pushed markets to again price a significant monetary easing as early as mid-2024. For the best part of this tightening cycle, the Federal Reserve has been playing...

2023-11-03 22:39:00 ET Summary The Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index grew at a continuously compounding annual rate of 3.4 percent over the twelve-month period ending in September 2023. Short-term interest rates are higher than they have been at any point in the last t...

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2023-11-01 21:25:00 ET Summary The Fed has raised rates at an unprecedented pace in the last 18 months. While it seems like they’ve been raising rates for a long time, the reality is that they were playing catch-up for those first 12 months and policy finally started gettin...