October 14, 2024 United States: Volatile Bond Market Puts Traders on Defense Amid Fed-Cut Doubts Bond investors are going on defense as the outlook for the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate cutting path turns more uncertain. The combination of sticky inflation and weak labor-market figures last week led traders to trim bets on the degree of Fed

October 11, 2024 United States: Bond Traders’ Big Week Ends With Fed Rate Cuts Even Less Certain The bond market is growing less convinced by the day that the Federal Reserve will embark on two further interest-rate cuts this year. Traders are pricing in roughly 20% odds that the Fed holds rates steady in either

October 10, 2024 United States: US CPI Rises More Than Forecast, Stalling Inflation Progress Underlying US inflation rose more than forecast in September, representing a pause in the recent progress toward moderating price pressures. The so-called core consumer price index — which excludes food and energy costs — increased 0.3% for a second month, disrupting

October 09, 2024 United States: US 30-Year Mortgage Rate Climbs by Most in More Than a Year US mortgage rates jumped last week by the most since July 2023, abruptly halting a monthslong slide that was helping to reinvogorate housing activity. The contract rate on a 30-year mortgage increased 22 basis points to 6.36% in

October 08, 2024 United States: Turbulent US Funding Market Forewarns of a Volatile End to 2024 The latest heightened liquidity pressures in the US funding market have some on Wall Street nervous about even greater challenges in the final month of the year. Market participants say a spike in rates tied to repurchase agreements, which

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October 07, 2024 United States: Key US Yields Hit 4% for First Time Since August on Fed Rethink Key US Treasury yields are back at 4%, a level last seen in August, as a blowout jobs report undercut chances for another big interest-rate reduction from the Federal Reserve. Bonds dropped Monday, extending a plunge late

October 04, 2024 United States: Traders Wipe Out Bets on Big Fed Cuts as Jobs Data Hits Bonds Traders slashed their bets on the pace of future Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts after September US employment data blew past estimates and signaled a robust hiring trend. The chance of a half-point rate cut in November was

October 03, 2024 United States: US Jobless Claims Remain Subdued, Consistent With Low Layoffs Applications for US unemployment benefits rose slightly to a level that is consistent with limited number of layoffs. Initial claims increased by 6,000 to 225,000 in the week ended Sept. 28. The median forecast in a Bloomberg survey of economists called