Earlier we said that the Fed/Treasury’s new alphabet soup bailout facility, the BTFP, stands for Buy The Fucking Pivot as it confirms what we have been saying for months: it’s just a matter of time […]
The Federal Reserve’s data-dependence might suggest that a more mild jobs report on Friday and tamer CPI inflation reading next week could still result in just a quarter-point rate hike on March 22. Don’t bet […]
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell delivers testimony today before the Senate Banking and Finance Committee. During his statements Powell says, “The latest economic data have come in stronger than expected, which suggests that the ultimate […]
After suffering their biggest one-day drop of 2023, US futures rebounded in muted trading on Wednesday, boosted by a drop in rates (the 10Y just hit a session low of 3.92% after rising as high […]
Oil rose after a weekly loss on hopes that a Chinese demand rebound is picking up pace following the end of Covid Zero, outweighing hawkish signals from the Federal Reserve. Brent climbed toward $84 […]
Authored by Lance Roberts via The Epoch Times, How does the minimum wage affect the Fed’s biggest fear? I touched on this subject previously as the Fed began its rate-hiking campaign. However, while the issue […]
Submitted by Ryan Ortega, founder of Third Line Financial Planning. Last Wednesday, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) wrapped up a two-day meeting to decide where to set the short-term Federal Funds Target rate. The […]
Late last week, when looking at the most recent Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey held by the Fed, we noted that the surge in revolving credit has not gone unnoticed by lenders: the on bank […]
Employers in the United States added 517,000 jobs in January, a surprisingly strong gain in the face of the Federal Reserve’s aggressive drive to slow growth and tame inflation with higher interest rates. The unemployment […]
By Michael Every of Rabobank Stop projecting; and start projecting This week is obviously dominated by the upcoming Fed meeting. On which note, please – stop projecting, at least in one regard. US personal income […]
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