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Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President Mary Daly said the central bank should raise interest rates "a little" above 3% by the end of the year to cool inflation, pushing back against investor bets that officials would then reverse course.
August 18 -
The short end was hammered in the secondary with large blocks of high-grades showing big swings to higher yields while the rest of the curve wasn't spared the damage and triple-A yields rose by seven to 16 basis points.
August 17 -
Two Federal Reserve officials responded to softening inflation data by saying it doesn't change the U.S. central bank's path toward even higher interest rates this year and next.
August 10 -
The Investment Company Institute reported investors poured in $1.589 billion into muni bond mutual funds in the week ending August 3, the highest level since November.
August 10 -
The Federal Reserve is committed to cooling inflation and needs to raise interest rates to a little above 4% to ease demand, Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank President Loretta Mester said.
August 4 -
The Investment Company Institute reported investors pulled $246 million out of muni bond mutual funds in the week ending July 27 compared to the $602 million of outflows in the previous week.
August 3 -
St. Louis Fed Bank President James Bullard said he favors a strategy of "front-loading" big interest-rate hikes, and he wants to end the year at 3.75% to 4%, while his Richmond counterpart, Thomas Barkin, said the central bank was committed to lowering inflation and a recession could happen.
August 3 -
Federal Reserve officials said they want strong evidence that the hottest inflation in four decades is on a sustainable downward path before declaring victory in their fight against it.
August 2 -
The day after the Federal Open Market Committee's next meeting we will analyze the increase and the signals about what rate hikes may be coming.
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The large primary was led by two $700-plus million of revenue bonds from the Port of Seattle and the Georgia Ports Authority.
August 2