Fed still on track to hike rates despite limp job growth
The US Federal Reserve is still on track to hike rates in June, despite Friday’s data showing a slowdown in job growth throughout March.
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The five questions to ask following the US Fed rate hike
The third 0.25% interest rate hike of this upcycle from the US Federal Reserve begs five questions, all of which have implications for the US, the globe and portfolios.
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Fed signals new policy phase, and six further rate hikes?
The Federal Reserve’s decision to raise its benchmark rate for the second time in three months, has led to speculation of further rises this year, with another four to come in 2018.
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PA ANALYSIS: Fed poised to act but no bond ‘bloodbath’
Treasury yields saw their largest one-day increase for over three months on Wednesday, but is the Fed right to be hawkish, and what does this mean for the bond bull market?
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PA ANALYSIS: Hawkish Yellen should act ASAP
Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen offered the market a hawkish message on Tuesday as she indicated the US economy might be poised for a series of gradual interest rate increases, starting as early as next month.
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EM equities strong enough to face US headwinds – Goldman Sachs AM
A Trumped-up US economy, taper tantrum and a dollar bull market do not have to be insurmountable headwinds for emerging market equities, according to Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s Luke Barrs.
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PA ANALYSIS: Could mixed January jobs data derail the Fed’s plans?
The first US nonfarm payroll data since Donald Trump’s inauguration has made the Federal Reserve’s next rate moves harder to calculate, leaving investment professionals split on the US economy’s inflation trajectory.
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Cautious Fed suggests rate rises not guaranteed under Trump – Kames
The Federal Reserve’s decision to leave rates on hold last night surprised nobody, but according to Kames Capital’s Scott Jamieson it suggests investors may be wrong to assume a rate rise cycle is imminent.
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Macroeconomic shocks: Hear no evil
Though 2016 was littered with political surprises, markets begin 2017 in buoyant mood. Would investors be well advised to close their ears to the news chatter?
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Dollar rallies/gold falls on back of Fed’s ‘happy’ hike
The dollar surged this morning on the back of only the second Fed rate rise since the 2008 financial crisis.
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PA ANALYSIS: Why policy makers are passing the buck to politicians
A few years ago, it was de rigueur to talk up a supposed decoupling of developed and emerging markets, but for central banks there is now a more disconcerting separation at play.
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PA ANALYSIS: What if Trump succeeds?
Last year at about this time I wrote a piece titled: What if the Fed is wrong and other scary thoughts for 2016?