How a macro trader used Fed policy to bag a 532% return in 2024
Carlile observed enough market behavior from macroeconomic conditions to conclude there was a level of predictability to ...
Which Interest Rate Should You Care About?
The Fed’s short-term rates matter, but the main action now is in the 10-year Treasury market, which influences mortgages, ...
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2025 Housing Forecast: When Will Mortgage Rates Go Down?
Mortgage rates have been expected to decline in 2025 as the U.S. economy slows, inflation cools and the Federal Reserve continues to cut interest rates. Amid President Donald Trump's second term ...
ECB's Nagel wary of blurry 'neutral' rate target, U.S. tariff damage
The ECB should ease policy gradually and not target a difficult-to-define "neutral" interest rate, Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel said on Wednesday, although it needs to be ready to fight for ...
El-Erian says Fed should be talking about a rate hike if 2% inflation is still its goal
Fed policymakers should be talking about a potential rate hike with inflation heating up, economist Mohamed El-Erian says.
Trump wants both lower interest rates and tariffs. Here’s how that could backfire.
Economists say tariffs will make it harder for the Fed to lower interest rates — unless the U.S. economy enters a recession.
Trump says lower interest rates would go hand-in-hand with tariffs
President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that interest rates should be lowered and that would go "hand in hand" with his ...
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WATCH: Powell says Trump’s calls for lower interest rates won’t affect Fed’s decisions
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday President Donald Trump’s calls for lower interest rates won’t lead the central bank to change its rate decisions.