Federal Reserve (FED)

The U.S. Federal Reserve concluded its two-day monetary policy meeting last week. As widely expected, the central bank raised the benchmark interest rate by a quarter point. However, the central bank lowered its forecasts on future rate…
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Today marks the last major housing data we'll get from the US this year, and given the performance of the markets lately, the state of the US housing market deserves a closer look. We all remember the subprime mortgage crisis a little…
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The week ahead will be a busy one as the markets slow down close to the holiday season. The Fed, Bank of England and the Bank of Japan will be holding their monetary policy meetings this week. While the BoJ is expected to remain on the…
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The latest jobs report from the United States showed that while the pace of hiring slowed in November, wage growth increased to the highest level in a decade as the unemployment rate held steady. The data underlined the fact that the…
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The latest revised GDP estimates showed that the U.S. economy advanced at an unrevised pace of 3.5% in the three months ending September. The data was the same as per the preliminary GDP estimates. Growth is seen to be on track to hit the…
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The last big data for the US to be released this month expected at 08:30 EST (14:30 CET) has a lot of moving parts, and comes out at the same time as weekly initial jobless claims (which also gets a little extra attention as the last of the…
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The previous article gave a background about the fed funds futures rate and how it affects the interest rates down the line. From a trader's perspective, understanding the path of the rate hikes can help in many ways. From a day trading…
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Consumer prices in the United States rose at the fastest pace since the start of the year in October. The surge in inflation was driven by higher gas prices and a rebound in the price of automobiles including used cars and trucks. The…
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The Federal Reserve held its monetary policy meeting last week on Thursday. The first meeting after the U.S. mid-term elections and the stock market rout in October. The central bank maintained the interest rates unchanged at 2.0% - 2.25%…
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The U.S. dollar was seen edging higher on Thursday. On the economic front, data included the German trade balance which rose 17.6 billion. This was smaller than the forecasts of 18.2 billion. The European Commission released its economic…
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