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The U.S. consumer price index (CPI) inflation decelerated more than predicted in June, increasing investor conviction that the Fed may decide for only one more rate hike and then halt its tightening cycle. The annual inflation rate in the United States dropped from 4% in May to 3% in June,...

Wednesday’s release of the FOMC June 14 meeting minutes showed a clear agreement for continued interest rate hikes next year. The consensus echoes Fed Chair Jerome Powell's stance, who has been pushing for two additional increases in 2023. Despite the strength of the economy and the tightened...

Market attention is turning to the upcoming release of the Federal Reserve minutes from the June 14 meeting, scheduled for release at 2 p.m. EDT Wednesday. This highly anticipated event is expected to spark reactions across markets as investors seek further clarity on the Federal Reserve’s...

Investors are eagerly anticipating the release of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting minutes for June, scheduled for Wednesday, July 5, following the Independence Day holiday. This important report is seen as a key source of information on the Federal Reserve officials’...

Two major investment banks on Wall Street stated that they anticipate the Federal Reserve will resume hiking interest rates as soon as July, departing from initial market reactions to the Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s press conference. Following the Fed’s decision to pause at its June...

Jerome Powell said the FED’s forecasts have been wrong on inflation the last 2 years. Now he’s saying rate cuts aren’t going to happen for another couple years. Can we really depend on these projections anymore? Market Prices as of 4 pm EST, 6/14/23 Macro Mortgage demand picked...

The Federal Reserve opted to hold interest rates steady at its June FOMC meeting, as widely expected by the market. The Fed also signaled in its revised economic forecasts that additional rate hikes may still be on the horizon for this year. The move initially caught the markets by surprise, with...

Whether the Federal Reserve may take a breather when it announces its interest rate decision at 2 p.m. ET on Wednesday remains to be seen. After 10 consecutive rate hikes, the Fed may assess the impacts of its battle against inflation. Seth Golden, Chief Market Strategist at Finom Group, provided...

Renowned economist Robin Brooks, chief economist of the International Institute of Finance, tweeted that “the US inflation shock is over” as the Federal Reserve prepares to announce its interest rate decision later Wednesday.  Brooks, who previously worked at Goldman Sachs and the...

It’s FED day. Will they raise interest rates or pause? Here’s what Wall Street thinks:  25 BPS HIKE � CITI CREDIT SUISSE TD VISA NO RATE HIKE 🙅‍♀️ BARCLAYS BMO BLOOMBERG GOLDMAN SACHS JP MORGAN MORGAN STANLEY RBC WELLS...

The long-awaited Federal Reserve meeting has finally arrived. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) will announce its interest rate decision and unveil its macroeconomic projections for interest rates, growth, employment and the labor market on Wednesday, June 14. After increasing...

Producer Price Index (PPI) inflation data for May, to be released on Wednesday, June 14, will set the stage for the highly anticipated Federal Reserve meeting where interest rates will be determined. The market’s expectations of the Fed’s rate hikes coming to an end were solidified...

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Back in March 2022, the Federal Reserve embarked on an unprecedented interest rate hiking cycle, aiming to quell a four-decade inflation surge. After 15 months of relentless interest-rate tightening, the U.S. central bank finds itself at a critical juncture. Will it simply hit the pause button,...

Using the individually categorized methods available in the Volland dashboard, let’s review option dealer positioning to analyze dealers’ hedging behavior on the S&P 500 Index (^SPX). What Is Vanna? The option greek vanna is the sensitivity of deltas (how much profit you can expect...