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Fixed Income
May 23 2025
Markets/Economy .
Article

7 minute read

Stocks and bonds going in different directions
May 23 2025

Equity and fixed-income investors are responding differently to tariff and fiscal policy uncertainty.

May 7 2025
Monetary Policy .
Article

3 minute read

Sticks and stones
May 8 2025

For now, Trump is 'just' insulting Fed Chair Powell, as the Treasury market has pushed back. 

April 4 2025
Markets/Economy .
Article

7 minute read

Labor market remains strong
April 4 2025

Calculated well before the tariff announcement, the US added a robust 228,000 jobs in March. 

November 22 2024
Monetary Policy .
Article

3 minute read

Chair Powell was vague, until he wasn't
November 8 2024

Powell rebuffed questions about the Fed's future, and his own, but his nebulous comments give the FOMC latitude.

September 19 2024
Monetary Policy .
Article

3 minute read

A rate cut that makes you go hmmmm
September 19 2024

The data did not support the large cut, but the Fed did not want to seem behind the curve.

October 9 2024
Monetary Policy .
Article

2 minute read

First Fed cut is a slash
September 18 2024

The Fed’s half-point rate cut shows it still thinks the economy can avoid a recession.