FOMC Minutes Show Central Bank Bedeviled by Uncertainty, Unsure of Future Rate Cuts But Still Hoping For This Year
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The Federal Open Market Committee’s latest meeting saw a cautious wariness about the possible arrival of worse data – anticipating the day’s CPI — but still hopeful for a rate cut or more later this year, according to the minutes of the meeting released Wednesday. The portion of the minutes devoted to […]
Bank of Canada Keeps Policy Rate at Restrictive 5% for 6th Straight Meeting but Points to Easing Price, Wage Pressures; Governor Won’t Rule Out a June Rate Cut
–Governing Council Looking for Evidence Downward Momentum in Inflation Is Sustained–Governor Macklem: Lowering Policy Rate Too Early or Cutting Too Fast Could Jeopardize Progress Made Bringing Inflation Down–Macklem: A June Rate Possible on Condition Policymakers Become More Confident that Inflation is Clearly on Path to 2% By Max Sato (MaceNews) – The Bank of Canada […]
Preview: Bank of Canada Expected to Keep Policy Rate at 5%, Facing Tough Decision Ahead as Jobless Rate Rises but Wage Pressures Remain
–Governing Council Monitoring Inflation Expectations, Wage Growth, Corporate Pricing–Governor Macklem Wants to See Clear Downward Momentum in Underlying Inflation By Max Sato (MaceNews) – The Bank of Canada is widely expected to maintain its policy interest rate – the target for overnight lending rates – at 5.0% on Wednesday for the sixth straight meeting as […]
Dallas Fed’s Logan: ‘Much Too Soon to Think About Cutting Interest Rates’
Dallas Fed’s Logan says too soon to cut interest rates
Fed’s Powell Discourages Early Interest Rate Cut Speculation
Fed’s Powell cautious on rate cuts
FOMC Leaves Funds Rate Unchanged; No Clear Signal When Rate Cuts To Start
– 2024 Rate Cut Projections Stay at Three – to 4.6%; Rate Cuts Trimmed for 2025, 2026 – Powell: FOMC Wants ‘Confirmation’ Inflation Falling After Jan, Feb Data – Powell: FOMC Could Decide To Curb Balance Sheet Run-off “Fairly Soon” By Steven K. Beckner (MaceNews) – Not long ago, many were expecting the Federal Reserve […]
TRANSCRIPT: Fed Powell’s Post-FOMC News Conference Offers No Surprises … Again
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The transcript of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s post-FOMC meeting news conference Wednesday follows:
FOMC Policy Statement, Dot Plot Hardly Altered in Latest Meeting
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The Federal Open Market Committee Wednesday not only offered no surprises, it hardly changed its policy statement language and “dot plot” expectations from the previous meeting, preserving the hope for perhaps three rate cuts this year but repeating there is still a nagging lack of confidence in the path of inflation. The […]
White House and Other Schedules for Wednesday, March 20
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following are Wednesday’s schedules for the White House, Treasury, USTR, the State Department and Capitol Hill as well as U.S. economic data and Federal Reserve events: DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORWEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 2024 In the morning, the President will receive the President’s Daily Brief. This meeting will be closed press. Then, the […]
BofA Global Research Fund Manager Survey: Cash Levels Edge Up as Global Investors Rethink Inflation/Interest Rate View
By Vicki Schmelzer NEW YORK (MaceNews) – Cash allocations nudged higher in March, driven by global investors rethinking their views about inflation and the outlook for lower interest rates, according to BofA Global Research’s monthly fund manager survey, released Tuesday. Average cash balances were 4.4% this month compared to 4.2% in February and 4.8% […]