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It was a good day for munis with larger deals clearing the primary and secondary trading showing a more constructive tone with triple-A yields falling a few basis points amid a stronger session for all markets.
March 6 -
"Although inflation has moved down from its peak — a welcome development — it remains too high," Powell said in the text of a speech Friday at the U.S. central bank's annual conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
August 25 -
After holding at its last meeting, the Federal Open Market Committee may decide to raise rates again in July.
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Powell is set to appear on Capitol Hill this week for his semi-annual monetary policy testimony, the first time the Fed chief will answer questions from Congress in public since early March.
June 21 -
Even more uncertainty has been introduced into the municipal bond market as the Federal Reserve may have to tweak its monetary policy plans as the situation unfolds.
March 13 -
The Federal Reserve said further interest-rate hikes would be required to restore price stability.
March 3 -
"We think we are going to need to do further rate increases," Powell said Tuesday.
February 7 -
Many believe the Federal Reserve will slow down rate increases beginning in December.. Steve Friedman, senior macroeconomist at MacKay Shields, will join us the day after the meeting to discuss what was done and what he expects in the future.
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"This week will likely have been the last active week of the year, but it turned out to be quite eventful," according to Barclays PLC.
December 16 -
The Fed chairman said he believes the Fed is getting close to a sufficiently restrictive level, but they're not quite there. While two good inflation reports are good, "there's still a long way to go to price stability."
December 14