With UK government bonds leading the way, US Treasuries recovered some of last week's losses. Despite an early setback in the corporate bond market at the start of the week, Amazon issued $12 billion in dollar-denominated bonds (its first dollar bond offering since 2022)...
Steve Eisman, who became famous for accurately predicting the 2008 U.S. housing crash, has recently become more optimistic about the market. After the Federal Reserve announced its decision to cut interest rates on Wednesday, Eisman said in an interview with CNBC that he did not think the current round of Fed rate cuts would last long. "At the end of the day, I think the Fed at most...
The median value of the Federal Reserve's June dot matrix shows that the Federal Reserve expects to cut interest rates twice in 2025, 25 basis points each time, consistent with March expectations. It is expected that interest rates will be cut once in 2026, 25 basis points each time, a decrease from the two times in March. It is expected that interest rates will be cut once in 2027, 25 basis points each time, consistent with March expectations.
The Federal Reserve's Bostic: We still expect two rate cuts this year, but there is a lot of uncertainty.
European Central Bank Governing Council member Simkus expressed his support for the expectation of three more interest rate cuts in 2025. The direction of interest rates is clear, and the next move is also clear. There is no good reason for not cutting interest rates in March.
On February 13, short-term interest rate futures in the United States rose, and the market bet on the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates in July increased, but the market still believes that a rate cut in September is more likely.
ECB executive member Chipolone said that there is still room for interest rate cuts and inflation is almost on target. He pointed out that economic fundamentals are not significantly different from the forecast in December last year, and interest rate cuts are in line with the downward trend of inflation. Chipolone added that there is currently no evidence that inflation may be below target, risks are generally balanced, and there are no signs of recession, and a soft landing remains the main sc...
On January 22nd, the European Central Bank Governing Council Knott said that the obstacles to another interest rate cut next week are very small. The data is encouraging and confirms that we will return to our target. (Golden Ten)
European Central Bank Governing Council Member Knott said there are few obstacles to another interest rate cut next week. The data is encouraging and confirms that we will be back on target and hope to see the economy recover before making further judgments. (Golden Ten)
Taylor, a member of the Bank of England, said the basic expectation for a rate cut this year is about 100 basis points.