Will the New Fed Get Rid of All its Mortgage-Backed Securities? That Seems to be the Plan by Wolf Richter • May 16, 2018 • 53 Comments The Fed shouldn’t be getting into “allocating credit.”
But Who the Heck Bought the $1.2 trillion in New US Debt Over the Past 12 Months? by Wolf Richter • May 16, 2018 • 70 Comments Japan systematically dumps US Treasuries while China hangs on.
US Treasury 10-Year Yield Breaks Out, Mortgage Rates Jump to Highest in 7 Years by Wolf Richter • May 15, 2018 • 35 Comments But no blood in the streets. Just a rate-hike cycle at work.
Global QE Dream Ends, ECB Sees Rate Hikes, “Normalization” Becomes a Thing by Wolf Richter • May 14, 2018 • 32 Comments The Fed leads, the ECB follows.
“Act Now and Lock in” these Deposit Rates: Banking Cat-Fight Breaks Out Like We Haven’t Seen in Over 10 Years by Wolf Richter • May 9, 2018 • 72 Comments The Fed has left the room.
Fed’s QE Unwind Accelerates Sharply by Wolf Richter • May 3, 2018 • 122 Comments These are getting to be serious amounts.
Rate Hike Ammo by Wolf Richter • Apr 30, 2018 • 61 Comments Fed’s favorite inflation gauge spikes, consumer spending holds up solidly.
Employment Costs Surge Most since 2008, Fed Raises Eyebrow by Wolf Richter • Apr 27, 2018 • 47 Comments Salaries, wages, benefits: a combustible fuel for the Fed’s tightening machine.
What’s Going On in the Treasury Market? by Wolf Richter • Apr 22, 2018 • 41 Comments The Fed’s new paradigm.
This is How First-Time Buyers Get Squeezed by Rampant Home Price Inflation by Wolf Richter • Apr 22, 2018 • 132 Comments Millennials can go to the Fed and complain.
