September 19, 2024 United States: Bonds Fall as Sign of Strong Job Market Follows Fed Rate Cut Treasury yields extended their rebound from year-to-date lows as a sign of labor-market strength followed Wednesday’s bigger-than-expected Federal Reserve interest-rate cut. In early US trading, yields across maturities climbed after weekly initial jobless claims unexpectedly fell and stock

September 18, 2024 United States: Traders Lock In Fed Bets as Rate-Cut Size Debate to Finally End Bond investors that have been frantically wagering on the size of the Federal Reserve’s first interest-rate cut in four years are about to find out whether they made the right trade. The market is fully pricing in a

September 17, 2024 United States: Markets Hinge on Powell Emulating Greenspan to Avoid a Recession Traders are harking back on 1995, when Alan Greenspan led the Federal Reserve in pulling off a rare soft landing, for a playbook on trading the first interest-rate cut in four years. Like nearly three decades ago, bonds and stocks

September 16, 2024 United States: Fed Ready to Unshackle US Economy With Soft Landing at Stake The Federal Reserve will begin a crucial pivot this week, lowering interest rates for the first time in more than four years as it pursues a rare soft landing for the US economy. With inflation seemingly under control and