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Joint annual meeting of the Financial and Economic Cooperation Committee and the Committee of Central Bank Governors of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf with the IMF. And thank you Minister Al-Kuwari for hosting us in Doha, ahead of our Annual Meetings in Washington! At the same time, the near-term growth outlook is constrained by…

–Two U.S. senators have joined together in a letter to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the Board of Governors for the Federal Reserve demanding answers after a new report outlined the agency's failures in connection with the Central Bank of Iraq. The letter comes days before the Oct. 7 anniversary approaches of the attacks carried out by Hamas, Iran's…

Contrary to conventional wisdom, the U.S. government does not spend "taxpayer" money. The federal government creates all U.S. dollars by spending them into existence, including those with which we pay taxes, and it destroys U.S. dollars by taxing. The so-called national debt is untaxed U.S. dollars that individuals, companies, countries and even the Federal Reserve…

Wells Fargo& Company, as previously announced, will report its third quarter 2024 earnings results on Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, at approximately 7:00 a.m. Eastern time. In addition to being available on the company’ s Investor Relations website, the earnings results also will be available on the Securities and Exchange Commission website at https://www.sec.gov.

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As the leading electronic trading marketplace for U.S. Treasuries and a global leader in swaps, we remained focused on growing market share while also benefiting from rates market volatility around central bank moves. Momentum in credit volumes also remained strong, with record ADV for the quarter in fully electronic U.S. high yield credit and record ADV for…

Last month brought good news for prospective homebuyers who are wary of high mortgage rates: The Federal Reserve— the U.S. central bank— cut its prime lending rate by 0.5% in mid-September, in an effort to cool inflation and stabilize the U.S. economy. The lower the interest rates, the more people who can afford to buy a home, explained Alex Bokich, a senior mortgage…

The Federal Reserve, often referred to as the Fed, plays a crucial role in shaping the U.S. economy, particularly through its influence on interest rates. Mortgage rates are typically tied to the yield on the 10- year Treasury note, which is influenced by the Fed's rate decisions. When the Fed reduces the federal funds rate, yields on Treasury notes often drop,…

While the U.S Federal Reserve has lowered interest rates, which is beneficial for U.S. agriculture, there are many things outside its control that can affect the agricultural economy. The amount of publicly held debt as a percentage of U.S. gross domestic product is now beyond where it was in World War II. That's a concern because it raises the yield rate on the 10-…

Domestic nut markets may be turning a corner, according to the USDA. Increases in exports, slowdowns in acreage planted and the September interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve should put upward pressure on nut prices. The USDA released its Fruit and Tree Nuts Outlook Sept. 26.

Tech sector layoffs have grabbed a lot of headlines over the past two years since the Federal Reserve ended its zero interest rate policy that enabled vast investment in research, development, and high-tech start-ups and as artificial intelligence has begun to reshape a growing number of sectors. A recent article from the Wall Street Journal highlights a…

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On Sept. 18, the Federal Reserve announced it would lower interest rates by half a percentage point, setting its target range to 4.75% to 5%. When the Federal Reserve lowered interest rates by half a percentage point to 4.75%-5%, Jerome Powell, chair of the Federal Reserve, described the move as a "calibration" of the central bank's policy rather than an indication of…

We measure stock-market performance by popular indexes such as the Dow Jones Industrial Average or the S&P 500, both of which have made a series of new highs this year. Yes, the Federal Reserve sets the short-term interest rates in the U.S. government Treasury market. For example, the Fed cut the overnight borrowing rate by 50 basis points, putting it in a target…

Oct. 2— Members of the St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce focused on the city's recent successes and the overall economy at the annual Economic Development Summit. Local government leaders and business owners gathered over breakfast for the presentation led by Thomas Hoenig, the former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, who had served as speaker…

The pair retreated after the relatively stronger-than-expected jobs numbers from the United States. Strong jobs numbers will likely push the Federal Reserve to be more cautious when cutting interest rates in the coming meetings. Officials like Jerome Powell and Raphael Bostic have called for caution when cutting rates.

A warning about the growing national debt comes from the former president of the Kansas City Federal Reserve during the St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce Economic Development Summit. Thomas Hoenig is now with George Mason University of Virginia as a Distinguished Senior at the Mercatus Center. Hoenig honed in on the growing federal debt during his address to the…