The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee made no changes in monetary policy today, keeping the target short-term interest rate at 0.00-0.25%. The official statement was little changed in substance, with wording about the hardship caused by the Covid-19 pandemic replaced by the improvement due to wider vaccinations.
The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee made no changes in monetary policy today, keeping the target short-term interest rate at 0.00-0.25%. Nor was there any change in the pace and magnitude of their treasury and agency mortgage-backed security purchase program (‘quantitative easing’). Today’s outcome was predicted….. Click here to view the full article Source: […]
The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee made no change in policy, keeping the target short-term interest rate at 0.00-0.25%. Similarly, no change was made in the pace and magnitude of ‘quantitative easing,’ which is the ongoing treasury and mortgage bond purchase…. Click here to view the full article Source: LSA Connect March 17, 2021 […]
The Quarterly Update is Now Available “Lights, Camera, Action” 2003’s The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King made cinema history in a number of ways when it won the Best Picture at the 2004 Academy Awards. It had the 3rd longest run time at 201 minutes, it was the only […]
The Federal Reserve made no policy changes at today’s meeting, as expected, keeping the fed funds rate at the zero bound of 0.00-0.25%. There were no dissents from committee members. The dollar swap lines and repurchase facility were also extended. The formal statement was little changed, in terms of wording. The purchase of treasuries […]
The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee took no action at their early November meeting, keeping policy unchanged (fed funds rate at 0.00-0.25%), with ongoing stimulative bond purchases and liquidity facilities staying in place to combat the negative economic impacts of the pandemic. There were no dissents. Although Fed comments were a bit more bearish […]
The Quarterly Update is Now Available Summer of ’69 After leading the Union Army as commanding General during the Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant was elected as the 18th President of the United States. It was the summer of 1869 and President Grant was focused on improving the U.S. economy through a reduction […]
Following the market’s rebound, stocks are trading much closer to our fair value estimates. The stock market’s swift recovery has us seeing much less value in the North American equity market— although pockets of opportunity remain. As concerns about the coronavirus pandemic began to dissipate and economies reopened, the Morningstar US Market Index surged […]
The FOMC completed their January meeting, with no stated changes in monetary policy, and no dissents. The target fed funds rate remains at 1.50-1.75%. The formal statement was little changed, noting low inflation and economic growth expanding at a ‘moderate’ pace, although household spending was downgraded from ‘strong’ to ‘moderate’ as well, in the […]
