Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “monetary policy”
Analysts at the CME Group and certainly on Wall Street already looking ahead to the September meeting of the Federal Reserve Board. The board we mentioned yesterday does not meet in August, so the next date for market watchers, September 15th and 16th. Updated rate decision comes early afternoon on the 16th. CME FedWatch tool shows near certainty there will …
The Federal Reserve Board concludes its two-day July meeting today with an announcement on interest rates early afternoon. A week ago today, the CME FedWatch tool showed an 80 percent chance the Fed would leave interest rates unchanged. We know what’s happened to crude oil in the past seven days, one of several factors the Board considers when looking at …
A headline from Bank of America caught our attention late week saying the Fed is fed up with continued inflation and about to do something about it. Bank of America financial analysts say the Fed has tolerated annual inflation above its 2% target going on five years now. And they forecast the Fed will raise interest rates by a quarter …
Federal Reserve Board opens its two-day June meeting today. Very little chance of any interest rate cut. The Feds last met in late April. Jerome Powell’s last meeting as chairman, Kevin Warsh, was sworn in on May 22, becoming the 17th chairman of the board. Recent economic reports, escalation of action in Iran, leaving very little chance of any Fed …
Markets Reopen as Federal Reserve Meeting Draws Heightened Scrutiny Financial markets are back open today, with investor attention already turning toward the Federal Reserve Board’s first meeting of the year, which begins a week from today. While the January Fed meeting often sets the tone for monetary policy expectations, this year’s gathering is drawing unusual levels of scrutiny from Wall …
