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In 2002, the Yield Curve was extremely steep, with short term rates at half century lows. This was extremely stimulative to economic...

"So much for the inverted yield curve." >Or so says a recent Bloomberg column. If I read this correctly, any inversion that...

Why have yields on US Treasuries been so much above other nations? I am not referring to the recent spurt on the 10 year towards 4.98%;...

Don’t say you weren’t warned. Yesterday’s NFP data was only slightly warmer than consensus — 211k vs 200k —...

We noted last week that the shorter term risk was to the upside. After outlining many of the technical positives of the market, we noted...

Maybe this will help explain the street’s obsession with running any and every piece of data is through a “Fed lens . . .” As the...

Short version: A group of Fed researchers presented a paper that rebuts the slack in the labor market argument. The Fed, therefore, is...

As we await Alan Abelson’s return from Timbuktu, the formidable Randall Forsyth continues to fill in, looking askance at the...

Last week, we looked at the historical range of Federal Reserve Funds since 1946. It was a simple mean reversion, and did not...

So much for "One and Done." In raising rates the expected 1/4 point, the Fed announced that they are likely to keep increasing...