Tag: bond markets
Treasury yields dip after surge higher following strong data and hawkish Fedspeak
Bond yields dipped slightly early Tuesday having risen sharply in recent sessions as rate-cut expectations were pared. What’s happening The yield on the 2-year Treasury [Read more about this post…]
Powell says economy’s strength allows Fed to be careful about rate cuts
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Sunday said that the strength of the economy allows the Fed to be “careful” in deciding when to cut [Read more about this post…]
Bank of England to keep rates near 16-year high, but traders bet cuts are coming
The Bank of England on Thursday is expected to follow the European Central Bank last week and the Federal Reserve on Wednesday in leaving interest [Read more about this post…]
1987 stock-market crash has lessons for traders convinced Fed will cut rates
No recession, no problem? Investors appear to be banking on the Federal Reserve embarking this year on a historically aggressive round of interest rate cuts [Read more about this post…]
Treasury yields dip as Fed prepares to start two-day policy meeting
U.S. bond yields fell early Tuesday ahead of the Federal Reserve starting its two-day policy meeting. What’s happening The yield on the 2-year Treasury BX:TMUBMUSD02Y [Read more about this post…]
Stock-market rally faces Fed, tech earnings and jobs data in make-or-break week
Stock-market investors may take their cues from a series of important events in the week ahead, including the Federal Reserve’s monetary-policy meeting, a closely-watched December [Read more about this post…]
Bond yields hold steady after December PCE price data
U.S. government-debt yields were little changed to slightly higher Friday morning after data showed only a mild rise in inflation for December. What’s happening The [Read more about this post…]
Fed shutting funding program ends an increasingly popular arbitrage for banks
The end of an emergency Federal Reserve funding program has eliminated what had been increasingly profitable arbitrage that banks were exploiting. The Fed late on [Read more about this post…]
Boeing’s bond spreads reflect ongoing worries about 737 Max safety issues
Boeing’s stock was up Wednesday, but its bonds have not recovered from a wobble seen in early January after a panel tore off a 737 [Read more about this post…]
Opinion: Recession was inevitable, economists said. Here’s why they were wrong.
In an August 2022 CNBC interview, Steve H. Hanke, a Johns Hopkins University economics professor, predicted: “We’re going to have one whopper of a recession [Read more about this post…]
