Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell revealed Sunday night that the Justice Department served the central bank with grand jury subpoenas, threatening a criminal indictment related to Powell’s testimony before the US Senate.



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As the Fed continues to cut rates, corporates are becoming more enamoured with swapping from paying fixed to paying floating rates, to get exposure to the rate-cutting process. Should the Fed morph ultra-dovish, all the better, it seems. But how could that outcome evolve? And what then?

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Federal reserve policymakers cautioned the trump administration's extensive tariffs pose inflationary concerns. However, they refrained from indicating how this influences their monetary policy considerations amid significant uncertainty.

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After cutting rates for two consecutive times, federal reserve officials ease rates again this month. However, the fed is forecast to reduce the number of rate cuts next year. That is according to analysts polled by Bloomberg news.

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Until the FED meeting on Wednesday last week, expectations were for the US Federal reserve to lay the path for rate cuts in September. But data since then has reignited recession worries. Now, the narrative on fed rate cuts is not - if, and when...But by how much? This next report tells you more...

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US Producer prices rose by more than projected in April. However, key components that feed into the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge were more muted. Still, Fed chair Jerome Powell said the US Central bank must be patient and wait for evidence that inflation continues to cool. This is when the US household debt hit a record, with more borrowers struggling to keep up. Yet, the US Central bank is hesitant to commit to rate cuts explicitly. Watch in for more details!

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The U.S. Fed, as expected, has left the interest rates unchanged, in the 5.25% to 5.50% range. This is the fifth consecutive time that the central bank has kept the rates unchanged. Fed chair Jerome Powell has indicated the possibility of three interest rates cut this year. Watch the video for more details!

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Deutsche bank economists predict an aggressive move by the federal reserve, anticipating a substantial 1.75 percentage points in rate cuts for the year 2024. Currently standing at 5.25%-5.5%, this projection would bring the fed rate down to 3.5%-3.75% by the end of the year.

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Analysts at Goldman Sachs predict the federal reserve to start cutting interest rates by the end of next June. Watch the video to know more.

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Amid coronavirus outbreak, US stocks and bond yields tumbled on Tuesday, after the Federal Reserve lowered its benchmark interest rate by 0.5 percentage point, to a target range of 1.00% to 1.25%. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note briefly dropped below 1%, a record low.

US Fed rates cut by 0.5% to a target range of 1% - 1.25%

The&nbsp;Federal Reserve raised interest rates on Wednesday for the second time in three months and said it would begin cutting its holdings of bonds and other securities this year, signalling its confidence in a growing US&nbsp;economy and strengthening job market.

In lifting its benchmark lending rate by a quarter percentage point to a target range of 1.00 per cent to 1.25 per cent and forecasting one more hike this year, the&nbsp;Fed&nbsp;seemed to largely brush off a recent run of mixed economic data.

The US&nbsp;central bank&#39;s rate-setting committee said the economy had continued to strengthen, job gains remained solid and indicated it viewed a recent softness in inflation as largely transitory.

The&nbsp;Fed&nbsp;also gave a first clear outline on its plan to reduce its $4.2 trillion portfolio of Treasury bonds and mortgage-backed securities, most of which were purchased in the wake of the 2007-2009 financial crisis and recession.

It expects to begin the normalization of its balance sheet this year, gradually ramping up the pace. The plan, which would feature halting reinvestments of ever-larger amounts of maturing securities, did not specify the overall size of the reduction.

&quot;What I can tell you is that we anticipate reducing reserve balances and our overall balance sheet to levels appreciably below those seen in recent years but larger than before the financial crisis,&quot;Fed&nbsp;Chair Janet Yellen said in a press conference following the release of the&nbsp;Fed&#39;s policy statement.

She added that the balance sheet normalization could be put into effect &quot;relatively soon.&quot;

The initial cap for the reduction of the&nbsp;Fed&#39;s Treasuries holdings would be set at $6 billion per month, increasing by $6 billion increments every three months over a 12-month period until it reached $30 billion per month.

For agency debt and mortgage-backed securities, the cap will be $4 billion per month initially, rising by $4 billion at quarterly intervals over a year until it reached $20 billion per month.

US&nbsp;stocks edged lower and prices of US&nbsp;Treasuries pared gains after the&nbsp;Fed&#39;s policy statement. The dollar &lt;.DXY&gt; was largely flat against a basket of currencies after reversing earlier losses, while the price of gold fell.

&quot;The&nbsp;Fed&nbsp;announcing an update to their reinvestment principles leaves September open (for) the start of balance sheet runoff, and the fact that they haven&#39;t slowed their projected path of rate hikes suggest they can do both balance sheet and rate hikes at the same time,&quot; said Gennadiy Goldberg, interest rate strategist at TD Securities.

Eyes on inflation

The&nbsp;Fed&nbsp;has now raised rates four times as part of a normalisation of monetary policy that began in December 2015. The central bank had pushed rates to near zero in response to the financial crisis.&nbsp;

Fed&nbsp;policymakers also released their latest set of quarterly economic forecasts, which showed only temporary concern about inflation and continued confidence about economic growth in the coming years.

They forecast US&nbsp;economic growth of 2.2 per&nbsp;cent in 2017, an increase from the previous projection in March. Inflation was expected to be at 1.7 per cent by the end of this year, down from the 1.9 per cent previously forecast.

A retreat in inflation over the past two months has caused jitters that the shortfall, if sustained, could alter the pace of future rate hikes. But the&nbsp;Fed&nbsp;maintained its forecast for three rate hikes next year.&nbsp;

The&nbsp;Fed&#39;s preferred measure of underlying inflation has retreated to 1.5 per cent, from 1.8 per cent earlier this year, and has run below the central bank&#39;s 2 per cent target for more than five years.

Earlier on Wednesday, the Labor Department reported consumer prices unexpectedly fell in May, the second drop in three months.

Yellen indicated the&nbsp;Fed&nbsp;still remained confident inflation would rise to its target over the medium term, bolstered by what she described as a robust labour market that is continuing to strengthen.

The&nbsp;Fed&#39;s estimates for the unemployment rate by the end of this year moved down to 4.3 per cent, the current level, and to 4.2 percent in 2018, indicating the&nbsp;Fed&nbsp;believes the labour market will continue to tighten.

The median estimate of the long-run neutral rate, which is seen as the level of monetary policy that neither boosts nor slows the economy, was unchanged at 3.0 per cent.

Minneapolis&nbsp;Fed&nbsp;President Neel Kashkari dissented in Wednesday&#39;s decision.

The?Fed?has now raised rates four times as part of a normalisation of monetary policy that began in December 2015. The central bank had pushed rates to near zero in response to the financial crisis

The Federal Reserve raised interest rates on Wednesday for the second time in three months and said it would begin cutting its holdings of bonds and other securities this year, signalling its confidence in a growing US economy and strengthening job market. In lifting its benchmark lending rate by a quarter percentage point to a target range of 1.00 per cent to 1.25 per cent and forecasting one more hike this year, the Fed seemed to largely brush off a recent run of mixed economic data. The US central bank's rate-setting committee said the economy had continued to strengthen, job gains remained solid and indicated it viewed a recent softness in inflation as largely transitory. The Fed also gave a first clear outline on its plan to reduce its $4.2 trillion portfolio of Treasury bonds and mortgage-backed securities, most of which were purchased in the wake of the 2007-2009 financial crisis and recession. It expects to begin the normalization of its balance sheet this year, gradually ramping up the pace. The plan, which would feature halting reinvestments of ever-larger amounts of maturing securities, did not specify the overall size of the reduction. "What I can tell you is that we anticipate reducing reserve balances and our overall balance sheet to levels appreciably below those seen in recent years but larger than before the financial crisis,"Fed Chair Janet Yellen said in a press conference following the release of the Fed's policy statement. She added that the balance sheet normalization could be put into effect "relatively soon." The initial cap for the reduction of the Fed's Treasuries holdings would be set at $6 billion per month, increasing by $6 billion increments every three months over a 12-month period until it reached $30 billion per month. For agency debt and mortgage-backed securities, the cap will be $4 billion per month initially, rising by $4 billion at quarterly intervals over a year until it reached $20 billion per month. US stocks edged lower and prices of US Treasuries pared gains after the Fed's policy statement. The dollar <.DXY> was largely flat against a basket of currencies after reversing earlier losses, while the price of gold fell. "The Fed announcing an update to their reinvestment principles leaves September open (for) the start of balance sheet runoff, and the fact that they haven't slowed their projected path of rate hikes suggest they can do both balance sheet and rate hikes at the same time," said Gennadiy Goldberg, interest rate strategist at TD Securities. Eyes on inflation The Fed has now raised rates four times as part of a normalisation of monetary policy that began in December 2015. The central bank had pushed rates to near zero in response to the financial crisis. Fed policymakers also released their latest set of quarterly economic forecasts, which showed only temporary concern about inflation and continued confidence about economic growth in the coming years. They forecast US economic growth of 2.2 per cent in 2017, an increase from the previous projection in March. Inflation was expected to be at 1.7 per cent by the end of this year, down from the 1.9 per cent previously forecast. A retreat in inflation over the past two months has caused jitters that the shortfall, if sustained, could alter the pace of future rate hikes. But the Fed maintained its forecast for three rate hikes next year. The Fed's preferred measure of underlying inflation has retreated to 1.5 per cent, from 1.8 per cent earlier this year, and has run below the central bank's 2 per cent target for more than five years. Earlier on Wednesday, the Labor Department reported consumer prices unexpectedly fell in May, the second drop in three months. Yellen indicated the Fed still remained confident inflation would rise to its target over the medium term, bolstered by what she described as a robust labour market that is continuing to strengthen. The Fed's estimates for the unemployment rate by the end of this year moved down to 4.3 per cent, the current level, and to 4.2 percent in 2018, indicating the Fed believes the labour market will continue to tighten. The median estimate of the long-run neutral rate, which is seen as the level of monetary policy that neither boosts nor slows the economy, was unchanged at 3.0 per cent. Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari dissented in Wednesday's decision.

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