Fed policy pivots to the 10 year
22 May 2020 - Steven BlitzOnce the Fed started buying mass sums to support markets, we began writing that policy was locked into using the balance sheet to manage rates and the yield curve. Reading the April FOMC minutes, we see that this has.
#Federal Reserve #Balance Sheet #FOMC #Yield curve #Steven Blitz
7 reasons the rally won't last
21 Apr 2020 - Andrea CicioneAndrea Cicione, our Head of Strategy, and Steven Blitz, our Chief US Economist, answer the following 7 questions: Equity markets have rallied on the back of unprecedented fiscal and monetary support. Why do we think.
#Federal Reserve #Steven Blitz #coronavirus #Andrea Cicione
Fed's new role - Treasury's bank
31 Mar 2020 - Steven BlitzThe Fed ramped up its balance sheet by over $500bn in the past week to $5.3trn (it was $4.2trn a month ago), to support its first line efforts to keep markets liquid and reduce the dollar’s scarcity value through swap.
#Federal Reserve #Balance Sheet #Steven Blitz
The Folly Of Inflation Targets
31 Oct 2019 - Charles Dumas/Steven BlitzAs part of our Global Fractures series, Charles Dumas, our Chief Economist, and Steven Blitz, our Chief US Economist, explain why monetary policy has failed to generate the desired levels of inflation. Inflation targets.
#Central Banks #Federal Reserve #Global Fractures #Monetary Policy #Trade War #Bond yields #ECB #Inflation #Interest Rates #Steven Blitz #Charles Dumas #Euro Crisis #Fiscal Policy
