Fed’s Waller Backs Hiking Funds Rate 50 bp At ‘Several Meetings’
Won’t Take 50 bp Hikes Off the Table Until Inflation Closer To 2% Wants Funds Rate Above Neutral By Year’s End To Curb Demand Market Expectations For 250 bp Tightening ‘Consistent’ With FOMC Plans Prepared To Do More If Inflation Stays ‘Stubbornly High’ Hopes Fed Can Curb Inflation Without Sharp Rise in Unemployment By Steven […]
Powell Vows Fed Will ‘Keep Going’ Til ‘Clear And Convincing’ Evidence Inflation Falling
FOMC Will Hike ‘More Aggressively” if Inflation Doesn’t Cool Won’t Hesitate To Raise Funds Rate Beyond Neutral Unemployment May Have to Rise ‘A Few Ticks’; Landing May Have To Be ‘Softish’ By Steven K. Beckner (MaceNews) – Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell vowed Tuesday the Fed will continue to raise interest rates until it sees […]
Bank of Canada Deputy Gov. Gravelle: May Hike Above Neutral Rates or Pause as Prices, Growth Shift
–Gravelle: BOC Not on Pre-Set Path Toward Specific ‘Terminal’ Rate –Gravelle: Canadian Economy Can Take Higher Interest Rates –Gravelle: Supply Chain Bottlenecks Could Last Longer, Spending Could Surge –Gravelle: Canadians Have More Liquid Assets, Reduced Non-Mortgage Debts –Gravelle: Prices Could Dip, Spending on Goods Could Slump in Shift to Services –Gravelle: Households Highly Indebted in […]
FOMC Lifts Funds Rate By 50 Bp; More to Come but Path Remains In Doubt
– Powell Says 50 BP Hikes Will Be “On Table” Next Two FOMC Meetings – 75 BP Hike Not Under Consideration – Will Need to Be ‘Nimble’ Given Uncertain, Changing Outlook – Quick-paced Balance Sheet Reduction To Begin June 1 By Steven K. Beckner (MaceNews) – Federal Reserve policymakers not only continued raising short-term interest […]
Text of Fed Statement on Plans to Reduce Balance Sheet, Starting June 1
Consistent with the Principles for Reducing the Size of the Federal Reserve’s Balance Sheet that were issued in January 2022, all Committee participants agreed to the following plans for significantly reducing the Federal Reserve’s securities holdings. The Committee intends to reduce the Federal Reserve’s securities holdings over time in a predictable manner primarily by adjusting […]
Text of FOMC Policy Announcement May 4, 2022
Although overall economic activity edged down in the first quarter, household spending and business fixed investment remained strong. Job gains have been robust in recent months, and the unemployment rate has declined substantially. Inflation remains elevated, reflecting supply and demand imbalances related to the pandemic, higher energy prices, and broader price pressures. The invasion of […]
White House and Other Schedules for Wednesday, May 4
WASHINGTON (MaceNews)—The following are Wednesday’s schedules for the White House, Treasury, USTR, the State Department and Capitol Hill as well as US data and Federal Reserve events: DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORWEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2022 In the morning, the President will receive the President’s Daily Brief. This meeting will be closed press. After, the President and the First […]
Bank of Canada Rogers: Need Higher Interest Rates, To Watch How Economy Responds
–Senior Deputy Governor Says BOC ‘Not on Autopilot’ in Rate Actions –Rogers: ‘We Have Tools, Committed to Getting Inflation Back to Target’ By Max Sato (MaceNews) – Interest rates in Canada need to rise further to stave off overheating from a “remarkably fast” recovery from the pandemic-caused slump but policymakers are “not on an autopilot” […]
BOJ Keeps Easing Stance, To Defend 10-Year JGB Yield at 0.25% in Daily Fixed-Rate Buying Operations
–BOJ Vows to Keep Monetary Support Until 2% Inflation Achieved Despite Weak Yen –Japan Economy Likely to Recover As Pandemic Impact, Supply Bottlenecks Ease –BOJ Board: Core CPI Y/Y Up 1.9% in FY22 Before Slowing to 1.1% in FY23 As Energy Effects Wane By Max Sato (MaceNews) – The Bank of Japan said Thursday it […]
FOMC Seems Sure to Go 50 Basis Points on May 4, but After That Rate Path Uncertain
By Steven K. Beckner (MaceNews) – It now seems all but guaranteed that the Federal Reserve will raise short-term interest rates for a second straight Federal Open Market Committee meeting in early May, but it is less certain what the Fed will do thereafter. With a 50 basis point hike in the federal funds rate on May 4 considered a foregone conclusion, the real […]