FTSD News and Press, Franklin Liberty Short Duration U.S. Government From 04/03/24

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2024-04-03 08:30:00 ET Summary Market swings punctuated the first quarter as “central bank speak” proliferated and caused confusion. I put first quarter global markets into perspective and highlight some “little victories” that may have been easy to ove...

2024-04-02 15:00:00 ET Summary The number of job vacancies remains elevated, but is moving into better balance with the supply of available workers. A slowing quit rates suggests a broader cooling is happening, which implies a moderation in labour cost growth that will help ease b...

2024-04-02 05:30:00 ET Summary The stock market rang the doorbell of the New Year with a bang during the 1st quarter. Despite the magnitude and duration of the bull market, there is still a lot of angst and anxiety over the upcoming election. If economic data slows significant...

2024-04-01 22:02:06 ET Summary Different bonds have different characteristics, including credit quality, maturities, duration, and others. Maturities are of particular importance when interest rates are in flux, as they currently are. An analysis and comparison of short-term a...

2024-03-30 02:45:00 ET Summary The core PCE price index, the inflation index that the Fed is focused on and refers to all the time, was revised up for January to an annualized month-to-month growth rate of 5.6%. In February, on top of those upwardly revised figures for January, th...

2024-03-29 23:30:00 ET Summary When inflation picked back up in January 2024, many commentators described it as more noise than signal. The Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index (PCEPI), which is the Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of inflation, grew at a contin...

2024-03-28 02:25:00 ET Summary Money Supply is a very important indicator. It helps show how tight or loose current monetary conditions are regardless of what the Fed is doing with interest rates. The decrease in Money Supply occurred in February. February was a very modest drop o...

2024-03-27 01:05:00 ET Summary The BOJ’s decision to end negative interest rates is turning out to be a “best possible scenario,” in my view, representing a vote of confidence in the Japanese economy but with extremely gentle normalization in the offing. SNB b...

2024-03-26 20:00:00 ET Summary Today, the Fed released the February money supply data, and there were no unwelcome surprises. M2 continues to shrink relative to the economy, and that's the reason inflation is likely to continue to fall. Currency in circulation, which represent...