Sentences with phrase «bond purchase program»

The US dollar looks to be on target for its best weekly performance against the Japanese yen since early June, despite yesterday's slip on the back of concerns for the stability of the US economy with the potential tapering of the Federal Reserve's $ 85 billion a month bond purchasing program once again coming to the forefront of investors minds.

Specifically, the lead bank recently said that it would extend its current bond purchasing program through December of next year, versus the original planned cutoff in March.

The US dollar looks to be on target for its best weekly performance against the Japanese yen since early June, despite yesterday's slip on the back of concerns for the stability of the US economy with the potential tapering of the Federal Reserve's $ 85 billion a month bond purchasing program once again coming to the forefront of investors More...

Additionally, the European Central Bank (ECB) began a new corporate bond purchase program earlier this month, depressing European government bond yields even further and driving up demand for Treasuries.

The Fed also announced that next month it would begin reversing its massive bond purchase program begun during the financial crisis.

To be sure, a Bank of America Merrill Lynch measure on expected swings in the bond market in three months did pick up after the European Central Bank refrained from extending its 1 trillion plus euro bond purchase program.

U.S. financial markets were little moved by Thursday's data, with attention focused on details of a ceasefire agreement between Russia and Ukraine and a surprise interest rate cut and bond purchasing program announced by Sweden's central bank.

The final decision on QE will also be complicated by a European Court of Justice opinion on a previous government - bond purchase program due on Jan. 14.

The panel cited as one reason the U.S. Federal Reserve's signal last week that it may start scaling back the monthly bond purchasing program known as quantitative easing.

By reevaluating the current bond purchase program and refusing to rule out a rate cut, the European Central Bank opened a new set of opportunities for investors.

The ECB's new corporate bond purchase program should provide support, even for areas not directly part of the program such as hybrids and subordinated financials.

Mortgage rates have been dropping since September when the Federal Reserve decided to delay tapering its $ 85 - billion per month bond purchasing program, which has been keeping rates low.

So by ending the bond purchase program, the Fed is also setting the stage for a higher federal funds rate, Citrin says.

In a survey of analysts that was recently conducted by Bloomberg, the majority of analysts believe that the US central bank would begin tapering their bond purchasing program in September.

Under Powell's predecessors, Janet Yellen and Ben Bernanke, the Fed's board endured criticism from House Republicans over its decision to pursue a bond purchase program designed to lower long - term borrowing rates and to leave its key rate at a record low near zero for seven years.

Though nothing of significance emerged from the meeting on the timing of any potential scaling back of the ECB's bond purchasing program, many market participants remained convinced that such a move was not far away, given the positive economic data from the region, with the central bank's next meeting in September favored as the most likely time for an announcement.

This bond purchasing program is the reason that mortgage interest rates are at historic lows.

The possibility of the Federal Reserve slowing its bond purchasing program sent interest rates rocketing in May.

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The option - adjusted spread (OAS), which measures the spread over a risk - free rate (usually a treasury / government bond), for both indices has tightened in the past year between 8 bps and 16 bps, showing the effect the ECB's bond purchasing program has had on eurozone corporates.

The decline in rates is largely due to comments made by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke July 10 that sought to ease market worries that the Fed was about to ease its bond purchasing program, which has long kept a lid on interest rates.