Fed hawk blitz continues
Fed speakers hawking in unison From Powell to Williams to Mester, they are being trotted out to deliver the message in case you have not heard. The Fed really REALLY…
Fed speakers hawking in unison From Powell to Williams to Mester, they are being trotted out to deliver the message in case you have not heard. The Fed really REALLY…
The stock market is very predictable in its Fed obsession A frustration of dyed in the wool gold bugs is that a debt soaked system moves forward on little more…
"All eyes are on Powell’s widely anticipated 10 a.m. ET speech at the central bank’s annual symposium in Wyoming." Oh really, Mr. MSFM article? Really? All eyes are on Powell…
FOMC is 1.5 months away but the jawbones interfere with markets at will [edit] I actually got up on the wrong side of the bed, so I am not my…
Hot off the press... Recent indicators of spending and production have softened. Nonetheless, job gains have been robust in recent months, and the unemployment rate has remained low. Inflation remains…
John Hussman's July market comment Are We There Yet? I have not read ole' Doc Hussman in years but I've had him linked at this site for many years and…
The Fed Funds rate has caught up to the 3 month T-bill yield, but the 2 year yield lurks above You can see that the Fed closed the gap as…
Overall economic activity appears to have picked up after edging down in the first quarter. Job gains have been robust in recent months, and the unemployment rate has remained low.…
FOMC to raise the funds rate by .75% It's actually not big news as last week CME Group traders had crept up to 20% odds that the Fed was going…
Another hot CPI fails to suppress gold With FOMC on tap with an upcoming .5% rate hike, gold got hammered and bounced back with a vengeance on 'CPI' Friday. The…
It's Fed Minutes Wednesday The media will give us a heaping helping of hype (HHH or 3xH) today as the goons release what they talked about at the last FOMC…
With CME, you and me all expecting .5% hike that's a given. The wording will be interesting, but we all know the bond market is forcing them to do what…
FOMC finally to get a bit more serious about its hawkish stance After delaying and probably hoping against hope it would not have to do this, the Fed has to…
Lael Brainard jawbones amped up rate hikes I was doing something non-market for a while, came back and saw my holdings having taken a bit of a haircut since last…