Federal Open Market Committee

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The Federal Reserve raised interest rates earlier this week, marking the second time this year that the U.S. central bank has boosted borrowing costs. That move by the Fed has helped the PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish Fund (NYSE: UUP), widely viewed as a dud this year among developed market...

Pre-open movers U.S. stock futures traded higher in early pre-market trade. The Consumer Price Index for February, data on retail sales for February and the Empire State manufacturing index for March will be released at 8:30 a.m. ET. Data on business inventories for January and the housing market...

  Pre-open movers U.S. stock futures traded mostly lower in early pre-market trade. Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB), Metlife Inc (NYSE: MET) and Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: WFM) will report quarterly earnings today. The ADP national employment report for October will be released at 8:15...

The Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday left interest rates at 0.5 percent. After trimming its growth outlook for 2016 and 2017, the Committee suggested it still has plans for two rate hikes this year, citing expectations of a recuperation in the U.S. jobs market. Following the Fed...

Emerging markets sovereign debt and the corresponding exchange-traded funds are viewed as vulnerable to hawkish changes in U.S. interest rates. With the Federal Reserve perhaps nearing a rate hike sometime over the next two months, some market observers are betting this time will be different for...

To little surprise, the Federal Reserve did not raise interest rates when the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) met Wednesday. If there were any surprises, it is that the Fed appears to be on course for just two interest rate increases this year, half the number many market participants were...

The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) will hold a two-day meeting March 15–16, and the market is wondering whether the meeting will result in regulators hiking interest rates. While several analysts are of the view that a rate hike is unlikely this week, the Fed may hint that if the...

The title of this commentary is our answer to the question: Does the Fed know something we don’t know?  Many market participants and pundits were asking this question late last week after the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) policymaking arm, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC),...

As the dog days of summer are nearing an end, intense focus on whether Janet Yellen and the Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) will raise interest rates anytime soon has reached a fever pitch. If there is any other area of the U.S. economy subject to more speculation right...

Now that the dust has settled and the much awaited Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) statement has secured its spot in the federal reserve's press release section, lets dig in and see how it affected the market, and more importantly,what we could expect to happen to Ms. USA on the forex dance...

Pre-open movers US stock futures traded higher in early pre-market trade, ahead of earnings from Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) and Mastercard Inc (NYSE: MA). The Pending Home Sales Index for June will be released at 10:00 a.m. ET. The Federal Open Market Committee will announce its policy decision at...