Category: Federal Reserve’s Board

Fed Chair Jerome Powell Discusses Future Rate Policies as 10-year Treasury Yield Rates Rise

The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note climbed to 2.96 percent on May 17, up from 1.5 percent at the start of 2022, as investors awaited news on U.S economic data and remarks on future monetary policy from Federal Reserve policymakers. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note last traded up 7 basis points to 2.955 percent,…


Federal Reserve Indicates Plan to Hike US Interest Rates in March

The Federal Reserve signaled on Jan. 26 that it will likely raise U.S. interest rates in March for the first time in more than three years in an effort to tighten monetary policy. The Fed’s rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee (FMOC) had been deliberating on how to refocus the Fed’s monetary policies in a two-day…