Topic: Federal Reserve
The Fed’s big December decision and what it means for Cayman
In Cayman, we don’t get a vote at the Federal Reserve’s policy meetings, but we definitely feel the consequences.
Interest rate relief is near, but path forward remains uncertain
After an extended pause, the monetary tide has turned. The US Federal Reserve is now widely expected to cut rates four times over the next year, totalling a full percentage point, starting in September.
Market volatility: The price for investing
By recognising volatility as the price of long-term growth, investors can reframe short-term disruptions as necessary steps on the journey to compounding wealth.
Rate hikes, recession fears and political backlash leave ESG investors at a crossroads
In an ongoing fight to tame inflation, interest rate hikes are rattling sustainability-focused investing, better known as ESG investing.
Federal Reserve bows to bank-crisis fears with quarter-point rate hike
The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by a quarter-point on March 22, 2023, bowing to market expectations that it would temper its aggressive program of rate hikes amid a still-brewing banking crisis.
US increases rates by a half-point as inflation trends lower
The US Federal Reserve has raised its policy rate by another half percentage point on Wednesday.
US interest rates raised by another 0.75 percentage points
The US Federal Reserve has raised its benchmark policy rate by 0.75 percentage points for the fourth consecutive time this year in its battle against higher consumer prices.
US inflation to impact Cayman’s consumer prices
US consumer prices, a bellwether for prices in Cayman, increased by 7% in December 2021 from a year earlier.
Did the Fed just kill the reflation trade?
Predicting the future is hard, especially when it comes to the potential persistence of inflation and the appropriate monetary policy response in the latter stages of a global pandemic.
Valliere: Senate races, taxes are markets’ focus in early ’21
Rather than focus on the whether the outcome of the US presidential election can still be contested, the financial markets should be concerned with the Senate run-off elections in Georgia on 5 Jan. 2021, says US policy strategist Greg Valliere.
The US dollar is not the reserve currency
If the subject of the US dollar is raised by the business media, chances are it will be referred to as ‘the world’s reserve currency’. This is incorrect. Understanding why sheds light on the post-2008 economic lethargy.
