FED Three Rate Cut Plan is on Track for 2024 Federal Reserve officials indicated that they still expect to cut interest rates by three-quarters of a percentage point this year, leading to record highs in US equity markets. The market…
US Federal Reserve Close to Cutting Rates Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell indicated that the Fed is close to being confident about reducing interest rates, aiming for inflation to sustainably reach 2%. Investors have priced in a quarter-point rate cut…
Fed Officials Push Back on Expectations to Cut Rates The recently released Federal Reserve (Fed) minutes from the January 30-31 meeting shed light on the current stance of Fed officials regarding interest rates. The minutes show a cautious approach by…
FED Reactive instead of Proactive to Data The Federal Reserve's decision to hold rates steady at 5.25 to 5.50% was expected. A rate cut in March was way too optimistic as well as the view that the FED would cut…
Implications of the FED Interest Rate Path of 3 Cuts in 2024 The Federal Reserve has recently signaled its intention to implement three rate cuts in 2024, raising questions about the implications of such a move and its potential impact…
Short-term Divergence in Monetary Policy Expected The US economy is currently the best positioned of the major economies. In contrast, Europe has the Ukraine-Russian war plus week demand in China. Unlike other areas, European data on inflation is mixed puts…
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System - Jerome Powell FMOC Raises Rates by 0.25 The Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell lifted interest rates by 0.25 moving the federal funds rate to 5.5% from 5.25%. This was widely anticipated…
The recent policy move by the US Federal Reserve to reduce rates by 0.25 was expected by the market, thus not much surprise. What was interesting about this move was the statement. In short, the FED thinks things are going…
Our monetary policy forecast stays the same. In short, we believe that the FED will raise more times and to a greater degree than the consensus three rate rises forecast. Thus, equity investors should take precautions since we see four…