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Two months ago, Fed Chair Jerome Powell set off a market panic. He suggested the FOMC would do what it thinks is right and let asset prices go where they may. They promised at least two if not three more rate hikes in 2019. The stock market fell out of bed. Fast forward to now. The Fed...

The BCI at 250.0 is above last week's downward revised 249.6, and remains below this business cycle’s peak as indicated by the BCIp at 95.0. Also, the 6-month smoothed annualized growth BCIg at 9.4 is above last week’s downward revised 9.3. Both BCIp and BCIg are not signaling ...

This is the final part of the three-part series on the yield curve. You can read part I and part II by clicking here and here . In part I of this series, I started at the front-end of the yield curve, actually discussing Federal Funds Futures, as well as touched on short-term intere...

By OpenMarkets With a data dependent Fed, this Friday’s unemployment number could determine how dovish or hawkish the Fed will be in the next two months, says Jack Bouroudjian. He also looks at how the number and the Fed’s response could weigh on the yield curve. ...

In part I of this series, we discussed the very short end of the yield curve, actually starting with Fed Funds futures, to understand the expectations in the market today as it pertains to Federal Reserve policy. If you have not read part I, you can do so by clicking here . After analyz...

Even with Kim pulling off a switcheroo on President Trump in Hanoi last week, the stock market had very little negative reaction. A failed nuclear summit that had a lot of potential to ratchet down tensions on the Korean peninsula is disappointing, but the stock market took it like a champ. ...

President Trump stated in January 2017 that he wanted a weak U.S. dollar. The primary reason Mr. Trump wanted a weak U.S. dollar was to reduce the country’s trade balance. In January 2017, it took about $1.07 to purchase one Euro. (It took just above $1.04 to buy a Euro in Decem...

Yield Curve - Understanding All The (Conflicting?) Messages The shape of the yield curve and the various rates on Treasury bonds provide the most comprehensive outlook on growth, inflation, Fed policy and more across various time frames. Many analysts either dismiss the yield curve and the T...

Year-over-year, the United States economy grew at a 3.1 rate in 2018. On an annual basis, the US economy grew by 2.9 percent from 2017 to 2018. The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the presidents of district Federal Reserve banks had forecasted that the US economy would...

Well, could the Fed end up with a soft landing here? Interest rates have recovered somewhat. We are basically at the same place we were a month ago, but it seems that sentiment has turned toward asking the Fed for more wage growth rather than worrying so much about inflation and asset prices. ...