Rate Hike

Fed. Fed. Fed. Fed. Did you hear? The Federal Reserve has a meeting this week. And wouldn’t you know it, plenty of stock uncertainty is in the mix. Already, choppy global stock trade colors the week that puts the U.S. Fed—and its hand-wringing interest rate decision—smack in the...

It is not a stretch to say nearly all market participants know the Federal Reserve meets this week, nor is it a stretch to say those market participants are divided over whether or not the central bank will proceed with raising interest rates. Fed funds futures indicate traders are not betting...

No one seems to know exactly when the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates. It could happen next week, maybe later this year or perhaps the central bank has, as some believe, missed its rate-hiking window altogether. If the Fed does proceed with boosting interest rates, it makes sense for...

• U.S. monetary policy is currently much looser than it should be based on the Taylor Rule. • There are several key abnormalities in the current economic cycle. • Deutsche Bank’s chief economist believes that the U.S. economy is strong enough to digest a 0.25 percent ...

Last week, central bankers from around the world gathered in Jackson Hole, Wyoming to discuss the state of the global economy. While the conference was set to cover a wide range of topics, policymakers were largely focused on the most recent market turmoil stemming from growth worries in China...

While most of the rest of the world is debating “when” rather than “if” an FOMC rate hike is coming, Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio sees a much more troubling scenario unfolding. According to Dalio, the next major move by the Federal Reserve will be easing rather...

While global financial markets try to determine if the turmoil resulting from China’s economic weakness is enough to put a potential September Federal Reserve rate hike on hold for the time being, now is a good time to take a careful look at what 11 of the 13 Federal Reserve Bank Presidents...

This week, the rhetoric from the U.S. Federal Reserve suggested that the bank may hold off on a rate hike in September. Most analysts had been betting that the bank would raise rates in the coming month, but minutes from the Fed's July meeting released on Wednesday showed that the central bankers...

The U.S. FOMC minutes had the market's attention on Wednesday after talk of "approaching" rate hike conditions boosted gold and Treasuries. The key points of the minutes were: The system is taking steps to prepare for the "normalization" of monetary policy. Most Fed...

While the global economic world remains transfixed on the situation in Greece, Citi Research analyst William Lee believes that the FOMC will continue to focus on improvement in the U.S. economy when it comes to determining U.S interest rate policy. Following last week’s jobs report that...