As breaches of presidential protocol go, Trump’s jawing at the Federal Reserve is just another day at the Oval Office.
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Trumping The Fed
Tag Archives: The Federal Reserve
New Fed Management, New Volcker Rules
Reacting to an overreaction, financial regulators are moving to lift some of the burdens of the “Volcker rule.”
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Bank Regulations, Banks, Dodd-Frank, Financial Crisis, Regulation, The Federal Reserve, The Volcker Rule
Libor Replacements Make Their Debut
Regulators on both sides of the Atlantic are ready to roll out replacements for a discredited and increasingly irrelevant Libor.
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Benchmarks, Economics, Libor, Secured Overnight Financing Rate, SOFR, Sterling Overnight Index Average, The Fed, The Federal Reserve
Is Our Economy Too Hot?
How can we distinguish an economy that is chugging along from one that is overheating?
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Economics, Inflation, Interest Rates, Jerome Powell, Overheating Economy, The Fed, The Federal Reserve, Unemployment
When Normal Feels Abnormally Scary
Take a deep breath, investors: Recent stock gyrations reflect a return to more normal market conditions.
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Economics, Inflation, Interest Rates, Investing, Market Volatility, Stock Market, The Dow Jones Industrial Average, The Federal Reserve, Wall Street
Tantrum-Free Tapering
After pushing short-term rates higher three times in 15 months, the Fed is shifting its aim. Mortgage borrowers take note.
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A Lull In The War On Savers
Savers are still losing ground against inflation, but they at least can look ahead to possibly better times.
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Economics, Inflation, Interest Rates, Janet Yellen, Mario Draghi, The European Central Bank, The Fed, The Federal Reserve
The Bond Market’s Trump Factor
Interest rates have jumped sharply since Donald Trump won the election. What are the bond markets trying to tell us?
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Bond Market, Bonds, Congress, Donald Trump, Germany, Interest Rates, Japan, Mortgages, Politics, The Fed, The Federal Reserve
The Fed Faces The Donald
Will Trump’s election dissuade the Federal Reserve from raising rates next month? Don’t bet on it.
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The Dreaded Inverted Yield Curve
By Paul Jacobs, CFP®, EA
Who’s afraid of the big bad bond market standing on its head? Not the chief of the New York Fed.
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