Concerns over rising interest rates also factored into the equation after the Federal Reserve gave no indication on Wednesday that it would abandon its approach of
gradual policy normalization.
Perspective from Franklin Templeton Fixed Income Group ® US Federal Reserve Moves Toward
Gradual Policy Normalization With the US gross...
US Federal Reserve Moves Toward
Gradual Policy Normalization The Federal Reserve is facing an extremely delicate task, but it is still our belief that the US economy remains sufficiently strong to be able to bear a gradual increase in short - term rates in the coming months.
Not exact matches
«A reasonable case can be made for continuing to pursue a
gradual normalization of monetary
policy,» he added in prepared remarks to the South Shore Chamber of Commerce in Quincy, Massachusetts.
«The failure to deliver tax reform and the slower relative growth likely keep us on the path of
gradual normalization in interest rate
policy,» said the analysts, who see the S&P 500 falling to 2,550 from its Monday close of 2,572.83.
The US Dollar was boosted overnight by prospects of Fed continuing the path of
gradual monetary
policy normalization in light of inflation in the US approaching the targeted levels but retreated somewhat during the European trading on Thursday on profit - taking.
We believe
gradual monetary
policy normalization and sustained global economic expansion point to moderately higher global bond yields.
At the same time, global economic expansion and monetary
policy normalization point to a
gradual rise in bond yields over the next five years.
Fed
normalization is likely to be very
gradual and easy global monetary
policy is supportive of U.S. Treasuries.
At the same time, global economic expansion and monetary
policy normalization point to a
gradual rise in bond yields over the next five years.
Robust global growth, debt - financed fiscal loosening, and monetary
policy normalization should lead to a
gradual increase in global rates.
These conditions support our call that the Fed will continue
gradual monetary
policy normalization, announce its balance sheet tapering
policy in September, and wait until December for additional data, especially on inflation, before raising the fed funds rate for the third time this year.»
«We expect the first rate hike of the year at the March Fed meeting, a move fully priced in by the market, with continued
gradual monetary
policy normalization under the new leadership of Fed Chair Jerome Powell,» Duncan says.
«A
gradual rate of monetary
policy normalization, combined with February's largest gain in residential construction employment in more than a year (a 25,000 payroll increase out of a 61,000 total construction payroll gain), should help the housing market,» says Doug Duncan, chief economist at Fannie Mae.