What Could Break as Interest Rates Rise?
Markets are on the alert to which sectors will buckle under the sharpest jump in interest rates in decades, with big rate moves this month.
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Bond Traders Are Heeding Powell's Pledge to Stay on Volcker Path
Investors are conceding that the Federal Reserve is now intensely focused on fighting inflation and less concerned about higher interest rates.
Fed’s Goolsbee Says Last Week’s Rate Decision Was a ‘Close Call’
Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee said, decision to hold interest rates steady last week was a “close call.
Fed’s Bostic Says Bar to Justify Further Rate Hikes Is Higher
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Raphael Bostic said he supports holding the central bank’s target-rate level for the rest of 2023.
Jerome Powell and Elizabeth Warren Fought Over the Fed’s Appetite for Rising Unemployment
In the past 74 years, the US has only avoided a recession once when unemployment moved up by 1%.
The Chicken or the Nest Egg: Saving During Inflation
For many clients, it can be difficult to make ends meet during periods of high inflation, let alone save money for retirement.
US Public Pensions ‘Convinced’ Inflation is on Path to Moderation
Following nine successive Fed interest rate hikes and inflation hitting peak of 9.1% in June '22, US public pensions are ‘building for the long term.'
