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.
Read the article
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.
Read the article
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.
Read the article
For the first time since the Fed began raising rates in March of last year, the FOMC voting members did not implement a rate increase at their latest meeting. With Powell & Co. taking a pause from rate action, Kevin Flanagan discusses what investors should expect in terms of U.S. monetary policy for the remainder of this year.
Read the article
In what was a widely expected outcome, the Fed raised interest rates by another quarter point today, elevating the Fed Funds trading range to its highest level since 2007. Now what? Kevin Flanagan discusses what to expect from Powell & Co. next and what to anticipate for the investment landscape in the months ahead.
Read the article
At today’s FOMC meeting, the Fed implemented a 25 basis point rate hike, bringing the new Fed Funds trading range to 4.75%–5%. The question on everyone’s mind now is will the Fed continue on its rate hike mission, or will there be a pause or even a rate cut in the near future? Given this newfound level of uncertainty, Kevin Flanagan outlines how the Fed is trying to thread the needle.
Read the article
