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How should investors interpret the recent rise in interest rates?

alessandrob — Thu, 18 Mar 2021 05:00:42 +0000

United States 10-year bond yields have risen substantially from their lows of 0.50 per cent last summer, hitting 1.6 per cent by late February. Canadian 10-year yields have taken a similar trajectory to reach a range of 1.5 per cent in March, which is up from 0.43 per cent in August. At the short end […]

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Fed lowers interest rate for first time since 2008

mschmit — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 06:15:56 +0000

While many indicators point to the relative health of the U.S. economy, the Federal Reserve is lowering the target range for the federal funds rate by 25 basis points to a range of two to 2.25 per cent. This marks the first rate cut since 2008. “Markets weren’t surprised,” says Dec Mullarkey, managing director at […]

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Bond Spreads Point to Normalizing Economy

mschmit — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 07:27:43 +0000

But no wage gains and cautious consumer confidence.

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