Shiny September days for stocks

Shiny September days for stocks

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Like what you see? You can subscribe here. What you … Read more

Stocks are dancing in September

Stocks are dancing in September

Traders work on the trading floor at the New York Stock Exchange. Andrew Kelly | Reuters This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Like what you see? You can subscribe here. What … Read more

The Fed slashed interest rates last week, but Treasury yields are rising. What’s going on?

The Fed slashed interest rates last week, but Treasury yields are rising. What’s going on?

Construction work is done around the Federal Reserve building on September 17, 2024 in Washington, DC.  Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images News | Getty Images With its larger-than-normal cut last week, the Federal Reserve sent a clear message that interest rates are heading considerably lower in the future. The Treasury market, though, hasn’t been paying … Read more

Fed Governor Bowman explains dissent on rate vote, says she’s worried about inflation

Fed Governor Bowman explains dissent on rate vote, says she’s worried about inflation

US Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman attends a “Fed Listens” event at the Federal Reserve headquarters in Washington, DC, on October 4, 2019.  Eric Baradat | AFP | Getty Images Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman said Tuesday she thought her colleagues should have taken a more measured approach to last week’s half percentage point interest … Read more

Minneapolis Fed President Kashkari sees slower pace of rate cuts ahead

Minneapolis Fed President Kashkari sees slower pace of rate cuts ahead

Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari said Monday that he expects policymakers to dial down the pace of interest rate cuts after last week’s half percentage point reduction. “I think after 50 basis points, we’re still in a net tight position,” Kashkari said in a CNBC “Squawk Box” interview. “So I was comfortable taking a … Read more

How to invest for a lower interest rate environment

How to invest for a lower interest rate environment

It could be time to rethink popular portfolio strategies for a lower interest rate environment. The Federal Reserve’s half-percent rate cut on Wednesday marked the first time in more than four years it moved to lower the benchmark interest rate. According to VanEck CEO Jan van Eck, investors should start thinking about how the changing … Read more

Fed Governor Waller says inflation softening faster than he expected put him in half-point-cut camp

Fed Governor Waller says inflation softening faster than he expected put him in half-point-cut camp

Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said Friday he supported a half percentage point rate cut at this week’s meeting because inflation is falling even faster than he had expected. Citing recent data on consumer and producer prices, Waller told CNBC that the data is showing core inflation, excluding food and energy, in the Fed’s preferred … Read more

Fed cuts rates by a half point at September 2024 meeting

Fed cuts rates by a half point at September 2024 meeting

WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve on Wednesday enacted its first interest rate cut since the early days of the Covid pandemic, slicing half a percentage point off benchmark rates in an effort to head off a slowdown in the labor market. With both the jobs picture and inflation softening, the central bank’s Federal Open Market … Read more

Hoping for a half-point cut

Hoping for a half-point cut

Construction work is done around the Federal Reserve building on September 17, 2024 in Washington, DC.  Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images News | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they … Read more

Former head of Dallas Fed Kaplan urges a half-point interest rate cut

Former head of Dallas Fed Kaplan urges a half-point interest rate cut

If Robert Kaplan still had a say in the matter, he’d be pushing for a half percentage point interest rate reduction at this week’s Federal Reserve meeting. The former Dallas Fed president told CNBC on Tuesday that making the bolder move of 50 basis points would better position policymakers heading into the latter part of … Read more