FTSD News and Press, Franklin Liberty Short Duration U.S. Government From 03/06/24

2024-03-06 06:30:00 ET Summary China's National People's Congress convened this week and set a growth target of 5%. There are rumors that the US Federal Reserve’s March dot plot will show expectations for an average of only two rate cuts in 2024. Bank of Japan (BOJ) off...

2024-03-06 00:00:00 ET Summary The all-important M2 money supply continues to come back into line with long-term trends, key inflation measures are very close to the Fed's target, and money demand is returning to pre-Covid levels. The service sector (dominated by housing-related c...

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2024-02-24 02:08:00 ET Summary The first part of the body of the minutes focused on evidence regarding the current state of the economy, employment, and inflation. The most interesting part of the minutes related to how participants viewed the economy and the appropriate path for ...

2024-02-22 12:30:00 ET Summary Both US Consumer Price Index and US Producer Price Index data for January were hotter than expected, but it was no cause for concern, in my opinion. The most recent gross domestic product prints for Japan and the UK show that both economies were tech...

2024-02-21 00:04:00 ET Summary Clearly, the markets believe the next move will be toward lower rates, but no one should be surprised by the fact that a rate increase is possible. Two years ago, almost no one correctly forecast the recent path of interest rates. Recent policy e...

2024-02-20 13:50:00 ET Summary We think market optimism can persist for now but stay nimble. We get more active in our long-term portfolios given a greater dispersion of returns. U.S. stocks steadied after a brief dip on stronger-than-expected inflation data last week. We think th...

2024-02-20 07:00:00 ET Summary The resilience of the U.S. economy during 2023 owed much to low unemployment and excess savings built up through the pandemic. Excess savings may still be out there, but only among those on middle and higher incomes. Inflation in non-discretionar...

2024-02-19 10:35:23 ET Summary The inverted yield curve, historically a reliable indicator of recession, has not yet led to an economic contraction. Economist Campbell Harvey, who developed the yield-curve indicator, acknowledged its potential inaccuracy due to inflation-adjusted ...

2024-02-18 21:32:00 ET Summary It is that after trying to figure out whether the economy and markets would achieve a soft landing in the wake of the post-Covid tightening cycle, no one quite knows what to think now that the soft landing appears to have arrived. By and large, leadi...