Interest Rates

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Fed Cuts Benchmark Rate to Near Zero

Janet Levaux |

It also pledged to buy some $700 billion in Treasury and mortgage bonds in response to fallout from the coronavirus.
Analysis

Fed Faces Zero-Rate Debate

Rich Miller & Craig Torres |

Fed watchers increasingly predict that U.S. interest rates will soon hit zero.
News

Interest Rate Cut Designed to Stop the Bleeding

Craig Torres & Steve Matthews |

With the largest rate cut since 2008, the Fed aims to stabilize markets amid global spread of the coronavirus.

News

Fed Strategy to Become More Dovish

Rich Miller, Christopher Condon & Matthew Boesler |

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell signaled that the central bank would pull out the stops to combat a global disinflationary downdraft, foreshadowing…
News

Expect Fed to Keep Rates Steady

Craig Torres |

Meanwhile, outside the central bank, debate swirls about what tools the Fed will have available when the next downturn strikes.
News

SOFR Options Debut

Elizabeth Stanton |

First trades anticipate higher volatility.
News

Low Rates Could Get Even Lower

Rich Miller & Christopher Condon |

Senior Fed, ECB, and Bank of England officials anticipate that the natural rate of interest might continue to decline.
Analysis

U.S. Economy Seems to Be Coming in for a Soft Landing

Rich Miller & Christopher Condon |

Interest rate decisions in 2020 will likely again be driven by the degree of uncertainty in trade policy.
News

Trump “Protests” Fed Rates

Jeff Kearns, Justin Sink & Josh Wingrove |

In a Monday meeting with Fed chairman Powell, the president urged lowering interest rates to match those in other developed countries.
Analysis

Richard Sandor’s AMERIBOR Roadshow

Alex Harris & Nick Baker |

How the journey to replace LIBOR led a finance legend to the nation’s best barbecue.

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