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The head of the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank, James Bullard, is a voting member of the Federal Open Market Committee this year and he wants policymakers to raise the Fed’s key interest rate by...
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde roiled government bond markets big time when she said last week that eurozone policymakers can no longer exclude a rate hike this year. This...
Monetary policy is currently operating at three speeds. The highest gear is being driven by the Bank of England, which on Thursday raised its key rate by a quarter-point for the second meeting in a...
The Federal Reserve’s plan to start raising interest rates in March—maybe by half a percentage point—is putting bond market analysts in a pickle.
Yield on the 2-year Treasury note,...
Talk of the Federal Reserve opting for “shock and awe” when it starts to raise rates in March has grown so common that the half-percentage point hike being openly discussed would neither...
A perfect storm of an imminent rise in interest rates, unabated inflation, surging infections from the COVID-19 Omicron variant, and the growing possibility Russia will invade Ukraine has unsettled...
The world is waiting with bated breath for the Federal Reserve policy meeting this week as investors remain alarmed about inflation not only in the US but around the globe.The Federal Open Market...
European investors are wondering how much pressure monetary tightening in the US will exert on the European Central Bank and on EU sovereign bond yields.Odds are growing that the Federal Reserve will...
Federal Reserve policymakers seem to have discovered religion, at least when it comes to inflation, after dragging their feet for months claiming it was transitory. But it may be too late.Fed Chairman...
A triple whammy from the Federal Reserve to tighten monetary policy sent Treasuries into a tailspin last week and boosted yields on the 10-year note to 1.77% by Friday. On Monday, yields spiked above...