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At its March meeting, the Federal Open Market Committee decided to keep its benchmark policy rate unchanged at 4.25%-4.50% as expected. The new Summary of Economic...

As was widely expected, the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee (FOMC) chose to keep its benchmark rate unchanged at 4.25%-4.50% today. After having reduced policy...

In one of the most highly debated Fed decisions in recent history, the Federal Open Market Committee today decided to kick start its rate-cutting cycle with an...

Despite economic uncertainty, markets rallied in the first half of 2024, driven by expected Fed rate cuts and surging AI stocks. The second half of the year is likely...

Recent focus has centered on the Federal Open Market Committee’s dot plot, which now suggests just one rate cut in 2024. However, a closer examination reveals the...

Following a fairly terse opening statement where the Fed noted that there has been a lack of inflation progress of late, Powell’s press conference ultimately delivered...

At the January Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, the benchmark policy rate remained at 5.25%-5.50% for the fourth consecutive meeting, which was in line...

Weekly Update | 23rd September 2023

In world markets (as in most things) Australia is a passenger rather than a driver. And that’s not always bad, especially when you're talking about the US Fed's latest...

Gold prices have continued to trade in a narrow range in December, with the precious metal oscillating around the USD 1,800/oz price point. Assuming there’s no...

Markets are moving at lightning speed in response to the clear and present danger of the halting of economies and changing consumer behaviours.Last weekend Putin flew...

On the 9th March 1987 U2 released the Joshua Tree, the fastest selling British Album of all time that went on to sell over 25 million copies. Joshua Tree is still...

In this second of a three-part series from guest contributor, ex ANZ Chief Economist, Warren Hogan, this note assesses the outlook for US bond yields and explains why...

As expected (by me and pretty much everyone else) the Fed held interest rates unchanged and announced that it would commence its balance sheet normalization plan in...

The latest FOMC meeting included the release of plans for balance sheet normalisation or a transition from QE to QT . Consider this: each time QE was launched in...

As the Fed meets to make its June monetary policy decisions, the consensus (and my view) is that they will hike interest rates again. This will add to the interest...

The New Zealand dollar seems to be defying gravity of late, as the interest rate differential between the RBNZ's OCR and the Fed funds rate continues to move lower. ...