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Fed lift-off begins – a little

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At long last, lift-off! Coming as no real surprise, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) has just announced it will hike interest rates by 25 basis points. It’s a move anticipated by our team for months, and comes after the…

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Quantitative easing: Draghi and the ECB opt for moderate approach

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So the divergence of central banks continues. On Dec. 3 the European Central Bank (ECB) took the widely anticipated step of providing more stimulus to the European economy. It’s the first move in a December pas de deux that we…

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Fed keeps interest rates near zero a little longer

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We’ll wait a little longer for the U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed) to finally raise interest rates as, Janet Yellen and the Federal Open Market Committee held interest rates at near-zero today. In hindsight, the delay wasn’t all that surprising:…

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