Tag: Federal Reserve

  • Dove vs. Hawk

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    Brendan Barry
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    Earlier, I saw these two graphics floating around the Twitter. They each come from a major financial institution and attempt to place the voting (and non-voting members) of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) on a spectrum of doves to hawks or slightly less dovish. The FOMC, part of the Federal Reserve system, sets interest…

  • The Federal Funds Rate

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    Brendan Barry
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    Needless to say, this piece from Bloomberg interested me as it displayed how the federal funds rate has changed over time. What I really enjoy is how they colour-coded the two previous hiking cycles as well as what I think everyone presumes will be a new one. And those colours then move on down the…