The Fed, aiming to tamp down on historically high inflation, approved a 0.25 percentage point interest rate hike and reportedly expect to rise rates six more times this year. Americans caught a ...
The bar for interest-rate hikes from the Federal Reserve remains high, but they aren't being ruled out either. Barclays analysts looked at three prior episodes of reversals of Fed policy and found a ...
Stocks remain near record highs, while spreads on corporate bonds have stayed close to historic lows. "Risk assets like stocks and corporate bonds have been sending strong signals for 15 months that t ...
The full suite of tariffs sought by the Trump administration would have created notable upward pressure for already high ...
Other factors that point to higher interest rates are the labor markets, consumer spending, oil prices, GDP expectations, and the 10-year Treasury. This is a look at why. The Fed’s mandate is ...
The Federal Reserve's next rate move might be a hike, according to Bank of America analysts. The analysts say the Fed is likely done with its easing cycle after a strong December jobs report ...
Not long ago the consensus on Wall Street was that the Fed would cut rates several times in 2025. Activity in derivative markets show traders now only expect slightly more than one rate hike cut ...
All of that leads economists at Bank of America to believe it’s time to end the discussions about further interest-rate cuts by the ... we now think the Fed cutting cycle is over,” the ...
"There's no doubt that the anticipation of future tariffs is an extra reason for the Fed to raise ... to resume rate cuts," Furman says. Overall, Furman says that interest rate hikes are "on ...
The central bank is grappling with how quickly to lower interest rates after pausing cuts last month.
And some on Wall Street think this report may have even cracked the door open for the Fed to consider rate hikes in 2025. "Our base case has the Fed on an extended hold," Bank of America ...