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The minutes underscored officials' reluctance to lower rates until they have more evidence inflation is firmly on a path to 2%, the rate they see as the sweet spot in a healthy economy.
April 10 -
The ISM report "feeds into the narrative coming out of last week," whereby the economy's resilience enables the Fed "to be patient," said Gregory Faranello, head of U.S. rates trading and strategy for AmeriVet Securities. For the bond market, that means rates stay "higher for longer."
April 1 -
D.A. Davidson Director of Wealth Management Research James Ragan will review and analyze the March Federal Open Market Committee meeting.
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"The risks to achieving our employment and inflation goals are moving into better balance," Cook said.
March 25 -
Analysts ponder what the Fed will do this year with a March cut ruled out amid recent reports of higher-than-expected inflation.
March 18 -
The prospect of three consecutive negative total return years and a GAO ruling giving congress the power to review the DoT's multimodal discretionary grant funding opportunity are two of the recent developments coming out of Washington, D.C.
February 13 -
The Federal Reserve expects to cut interest rates three times this year, some say as early as March, if data alllow those moves. Following the Jan. 30-31 FOMC meeting, Garrett Melson, portfolio strategist at Natixis Investment Managers Solutions, will provide his take on the meeting and Chair Jerome Powell's press conference.
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The discussion of rate cuts, both timing and amount, has analysts offering varying estimates.
January 30 -
"I believe policy is set properly," Waller said. "It is restrictive and should continue to put downward pressure on demand to allow us to continue to see moderate inflation readings."
January 16 -
John Williams, who also serves as vice chair of the Federal Open Market Committee, does not expect the Federal Reserve to slow its balance sheet runoff anytime soon.
January 11