Merger and Acquisition took a break when the Federal Reserve and EU began aggressively raising interest rates from their zero and negative levels back in March and July 2022 respectively.
Tag: Federal Reserve
MARKET LIQUIDITY CRISIS MEANS MUCH MORE WAR, AND HIGHER STOCK PRICES
The Federal Reserve REPO program involves the moving of VAST amounts of cash back and forth between itself and major financial institutions OVERNIGHT.
GLOBAL CORPORATE DEFAULTS SPIKE FIVEFOLD
Last November, four corporations monitored by Moody’s Analytics defaulted on their debts. That number jumped to 20 in December, a fivefold increase.
FED HOLDS RATES STEADY, PROJECTS THREE CUTS IN 2024
At its mid-December meeting, the U.S. Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee not only froze interest rates at their current levels, but also said it expects to make three quarter-point rate cuts next year and drop rates by a full point in 2025.
INVESTORS SNAP UP CORPORATE BONDS AT FASTEST PACE IN MORE THAN THREE YEARS
Believing that the U.S. Federal Reserve has completed its campaign of interest rate hikes, investors are buying corporate bonds at the fastest clip since July 2020, the Financial Times reported.
ECONOMIC UPDATE – MARKET OVERVIEW
What a difference a month makes. The U.S. equity market continues its November spike.
FED HOLDS RATES STEADY
On 1 November, the U.S. Federal Reserve announced it will continue to hold its key interest rates steady at 5.25 percent on deposits and 5.5 percent on loans. The Fed has not changed the rates since July.
MORE CENTRAL BANK CURRENCY AND DEBT MANIPULATION. AND THE GREATEST TRANSFER OF WEALTH IN HISTORY.
Last week the Federal Reserve began a new phase of currency and debt manipulation on an unprecedented scale. And as a result, the U.S. stock market had its best week in terms of gains for the year.
MORTGAGE RATES UP. WHAT’S NEXT?
The U.S. Federal Reserve’s high interest rates, abetted by inflation, are keeping U.S. mortgage interest rates above 7 percent.
ECB BOOSTS INTEREST RATE TO 23-YEAR HIGH
As the U.S. Federal Reserve did a day earlier, the European Central Bank (ECB) added a quarter point to its key interest rate on 27 July, bringing it to 3.75 percent. It began raising the rate in July 2022, when it was -0.50 percent.