This week major focus :
FOMC chair Powell's repeated insistence that policy will remain accommodative and mushrooming global recovery signals in a range of markets.
Next week preview :
Biden stimulus plan progress.
Pfizer, Moderna and J&J vaccine result .
FOMC chair Powell's repeated insistence that policy will remain accommodative and mushrooming global recovery signals in a range of markets.
Next week preview :
Biden stimulus plan progress.
Pfizer, Moderna and J&J vaccine result .
Comment:
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House Passes $1.9T Pandemic Bill On Near Party-Line Vote
House Passes $1.9T Pandemic Bill On Near Party-Line Vote
Yes. The Federal Reserve has direct control over short-term interest rates, and Chair Jerome Powell told Congress this week it's in no hurry to raise them. It's also not planning to trim its $120 billion in monthly bond purchases used to put downward pressure on longer-term rates.
Powell said the Fed won’t raise its benchmark interest rate, now at its record low of zero to 0.25%, until inflation runs slightly above its 2% target level. Powell told Congress that while price increases might accelerate in coming months, those increases are expected to be temporary and not a sign of long-run inflation threats