Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve
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A whopping 91% of Bond Buyer California Public Finance Conference survey respondents expect municipal interest rates will end the year higher than current rates and 73% said rates will have the largest impact on the public finance industry in the next two quarters
September 14 -
The newly installed Fed vice chair for supervision outlined his vision for his role in his debut policy speech last week. Advocacy groups are happy, but have some unanswered questions.
September 12 -
"The Fed is going to need great skill and also some good luck to achieve what we sometimes call a soft landing," Yellen said.
September 12 -
Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said he favors "another significant" increase in interest rates when the central bank meets later this month, signaling his backing for a 75 basis-point move.
September 9 -
"I think that we've got a good plan in place. We could very well do 75 in September," he said.
September 8 -
"We need to act now, forthrightly, strongly as we have been doing," Powell said Thursday in remarks at the Cato Institute's monetary policy conference.
September 8 -
"The outlook for future economic growth remained generally weak, with contacts noting expectations for further softening of demand over the next six to twelve months," the Fed said Wednesday in its Beige Book report.
September 7 -
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Loretta Mester also reiterated that she does not expect the Fed to cut rates next year, noting that policy makers need to keep inflation expectations from becoming unanchored.
September 7 -
A shift is underway at the Federal Reserve in how to describe neutral — the interest rate level that neither stimulates nor restrains growth — as it debates how much higher to hike.
September 6 -
Investors will be greeted Tuesday with a larger new-issue calendar, estimated at $6.087 billion, up from total sales of $5.551 billion in the week of Aug. 29.
September 2