I love this time of year. August vacations are over, the kids are back in school and football season kicks off in the U.S. The Fed took its August “vacation” at the Jackson Hole Symposium, wh...
Which of the figures below belong together? It’s obvious, even if analogies aren’t your strong suit, that A is like C and B is like D. A and C are not like B and D. The economic relevanc...
https://www.indexologyblog.com/2017/03/23/rising-rates-arrive/
The Fed’s policy makers, the FOMC, meet on December 15th and 16th and are widely expected to raise the target Fed funds rate for the first time since 2006. The odds of a 25 bp increase in the...
https://www.indexologyblog.com/2015/11/30/waiting-for-the-fed/
Little new data, lots of chatter from Wall Street and no clear signals about what the Fed might do at next week’s FOMC meeting. The announcement, either no change or a rate increase, is expecte...
https://www.indexologyblog.com/2015/09/11/speculating-about-the-feds-timing/