Commentaries ...more 04/22/24 - Fed Policy Needs to Be More Restrictive, Not Less NEW 03/20/24 - Powell: Inflation Has Not Raised ‘Confidence’ Yet 03/19/24 - Recent Data Weigh Against Rate Cuts 02/09/24 - Questions Jay Powell Doesn’t Want to Answer 01/31/24 - Fed: No Rate Cuts Until ‘Confident’ Inflation Falling 01/29/24 - FOMC Likely to Be Far More Resolute vs. Inflatio 12/13/23 - Powell: Fed Funds Rate Now at or Near Its Peak 12/12/23 - Data Have Not Changed Since Sept. But Fed Has? 11/10/23 - Powell Keeps Speaking; Fed Futures Not Listening 11/01/23 - FOMC Is Maintaining a Tightening Bias
Data Reports...more 04/22/24 - Weekly Data Recap & Preview 04/15/24 - Retail Sales (March) 04/10/24 - CPI (March) 04/05/24 - Employment Situation (March) 04/04/24 - International Trade (Feb.) 04/03/24 - ISM PMI-Services (March) 04/01/24 - ISM PMI-Manufacturing (March) 04/01/24 - Construction Outlays (Feb.) 03/29/24 - Personal Income (February) 03/28/24 - Regional Business Surveys (March)
Fed Analyses & History FOMC Overview & Schedule Latest FOMC Meeting Reaction NEW FOMC Target Funds Rate History FOMC Bias History NEW FOMC Dissents History FRB Discount Rate History Regional Bank Discount Rate RequestsNEW