At today’s FOMC meeting, the Fed did what was widely expected yet again and kept the Fed Funds target unchanged. Against this backdrop, Kevin Flanagan examines the Fed’s balancing act between hopeful markets and the reality of economic indicators and what it means for the future of U.S. Treasuries.
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Today marked the first FOMC meeting of 2024, and as widely expected, the Fed kept the Fed Funds target unchanged. We believe rate cuts are coming, but they do not appear to be imminent just yet. Against this backdrop, Kevin Flanagan provides his insights on the Fed’s timing for rate cuts in 2024 and analyzes factors that will affect monetary policy in 2024.
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At today’s FOMC meeting, the Fed did what was widely expected and kept interest rates unchanged. Kevin Flanagan provides his insights on the disconnect between the Fed and market expectations, as well as the impact to fixed income investors.
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At today’s FOMC meeting, the Fed voted to keep interest rates unchanged. As a result, the trading range remains at 5.25%–5.50%, a more than 20-year high watermark. Kevin Flanagan analyzes the impact of the rise in Treasury yields, the ongoing quantitative tightening and the new rate regime on fixed income investors.
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The Fed left the interest rates unchanged at today’s FOMC meeting, keeping the trading range at 5.25% –5.50%. Could the markets still see another rate hike in 2023? Kevin Flanagan discusses the possibility of another rate hike as we move into Q4 and head toward 2024.
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The pause at the June FOMC meeting essentially just turned into a skip, as the Fed came back with another quarter-point rate hike at today’s Fed meeting. This pushes interest rates to the highest level since early 2001. Against this backdrop, Kevin Flanagan discusses if this rate hike cycle is over or if there is another move waiting in the wings.
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