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Globally, central banks undertook monetary easing efforts in 2019 by the most since the 2008 financial crisis as shown in the chart below courtesy of the IMF. This enabled unsustainable deficits, debts, businesses and financial Ponzis to continue a while longer and made the global economy an...

Interest rates have declined back toward the August lows (though they have bounced back up a bit over the past couple of days). Generally, this month has continued the trend that suggests the Fed will be a bit behind the curve, long-term rates will remain low, and eventually they will have to ...

The inflation story in Canada and the United States has not been particularly exciting for some time, and I am not in a position to argue that this will change anytime soon. I just want to update a chart that I think is extremely useful when discussing the alleged external constraint on floati...

By Kevin Flanagan This year has gotten off to an unusual start in the financial markets. Typically, the focus would be on the Federal Reserve (Fed) and/or economic developments, but unfortunately, the coronavirus has taken center stage. I thought it would be useful to offer some insights f...

Are negative interests here to stay? A recent study by Yale economist Paul Schmelzing suggests that global real interest rates "could soon enter permanently negative territory." In Mesopotamia , around the third millennium B.C., there were two types of money circulating: barley and silv...

The U.S. Federal Reserve held rates steady amid a strong economy, but sees potential global risks including the viral outbreak in China. Anthony Okolie talks with James Marple, Senior Economist, TD Bank Group. Original Read more ...

Bonds had a good year in 2019. The Bloomberg Barclays Aggregate US Bond Index returned 8.72%, its best performance in 17 years. Source: Bloomberg The 8.72% gain exceeded the average annual returns for the past 5-, 10-, 20- and 30-year periods of 3.05%, 3.75%, 5.03% and 5.91%, respectively....

By OpenMarkets At A Glance Central bank activity now has a global reach and an intertwined relationship with the world's fixed income markets. After the Federal Reserve decided to keep its target rate steady at its January meeting, Chairman Jerome Powell devoted part of his press ...

As expected, the Federal Reserve held its policy rate range steady at the January meeting, and the statement changed only modestly from December. In his press conference, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said that the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) still expects the U.S. economy to expand at a ...

The extended rally in corporate bond prices, as well as subsequent decline in yields, was widely blamed on "momentum chasing" just a few short weeks ago. That has now changed with the motive behind the latest bond price rally being one of safety-seeking behavior on the part of scared investors...