Fed policymakers had originally forecasted four rate hikes for 2016 at the start of the year following December’s historic liftoff. Now economists believe if a rate hike occurs at all, it will not be until after the election.
Read More »Fed Opts Out of Rate Hike For Now
The Fed determined that since the last meeting in late April, economic growth appears to have picked up despite a weak jobs report in May—but it wasn't enough.
Read More »Fed Rate Hike May Come More Sooner than Later
Is the latest mortgage market data indicative of an economy that is ready for the Fed to raise the federal funds target rate?
Read More »Just How Far Has the Economy Fallen in a Month?
Why do economists seem to be less optimistic about the U.S. economy in May than they were just a month ago?
Read More »How Much Can the Fed Really Influence the Economy?
According to Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari, market participants' focus is in the wrong place if they are concentrating on what the Fed does with the short-term interest rates.
Read More »The Path to Monetary Policy Normalization
While speculation of a June rate hike by the Fed persists, St. Louis Fed President James Bullard discussed two possibilities for the Fed to take on the normalization of monetary policy.
Read More »Fed Freezes on Rate Hike
Even though the housing sector has shown further improvement, the Federal Open Market Committee dodged another rate increase this month like many in the industry predicted.
Read More »The Week Ahead: What to Expect from The Fed
The third meeting of the year for the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) will take place Tuesday and Wednesday, April 26 and 27. What is the consensus around the policy decision that will come out of the meeting?
Read More »Fed Says April Rate Hike is All But Off the Table
The Fed noted in the minutes that “raising the target range as soon as April would signal a sense of urgency (FOMC participants) did not think appropriate.”
Read More »Yellen is Dovish on Future Rate Hikes
So far this year, two Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meetings have come and gone with no further rate increase.
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