This week, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) voted 9-2 to hold rates steady. Two Trump-appointed Fed governors, Michelle Bowman and Christopher Waller, voted against the decision, marking the first FOMC meeting since 1993 in which more than one board governor dissented from the majority. The Fed’s Decision Implications for CRE Looking Ahead Chair Powell […]| The Real Estate Roundtable
Well, folks, strap yourselves in because I’m madder than a wet hen in a hurricane about this Jerome Powell character and his clown show at The Fed! This guy’s been running the Federal Reserve like it’s his personal piggy bank. And I’m here to tell you, it’s time to give this numbskull the boot faster ... READ MORE The post JEROME POWELL’S FED FIASCO: TIME TO RUMBLE! appeared first on Weekly World News.| Weekly World News
It was an interesting year for interest rates in the United States, one in which we got more evidence on the limited power that central banks have to alter the trajectory of market interest rates. We started 2024 with the consensus wisdom that rates would drop during the year, driven by expectations of rate cuts from the Fed. The Fed did keep its end of the bargain, cutting the Fed Funds rate three times during the course of 2024, but the bond markets did not stick with the script, and market...| Musings on Markets
Explore the Federal Reserve's delicate balancing act between inflation control and economic growth, as recent rate cuts raise questions about policy direction and market expectations for 2025.| Vested