iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF News

Recently, the Federal Reserve confirmed a widely expected shift in monetary policy that will result in near-zero interest rates for the foreseeable future.

Chair Powell did not disappoint markets as he has made it clear that the government will let inflation run to make sure that the economy keeps humming along.

The Fed's new strategy statement will likely result in higher inflation and more volatile inflation. The higher inflation is welcome, at least by the Fed.

The Federal Reserve's recent decision to adopt a radical change in its policy focus. Equity prices are making new all-time highs and interest rates are marking all-time lows.

Markets are searching for direction at month-end. The dollar is mostly higher, though the Norwegian krone and Canadian dollar are resisting the tug.

A Pyrrhic victory for stocks. The Fed delivers more of the same at Jackson Hole.

The lower rates go, and the longer they stay lower, the more they signal lack of faith in the Federal Reserve to change the situation.

The idea that the Federal Reserve would tolerate higher inflation to compensate for the undershoot would on its face be dollar negative.

The S&P 500 jumped 3.3% (up 8.6% y-t-d), and the Dow rose 2.6% (up 0.4%). Three-month Treasury bill rates ended the week at 0.095%.

The Federal Reserve released the results of its multiyear framework review alongside a speech by Fed Chair Jerome Powell at the Kansas City Fed's Economic Policy Forum on 27-28 August.

We anticipated the next downturn would mark a further step toward loose monetary policy, piloting toward zero or negative interest rates and more asset purchases.

In July, for the fourth month in a row, money supply growth surged to an all-time high, following new all-time highs in April, May, and June that came in the wake of unprecedented quantitative easing,

The deficit narrowed during July after months of record shortfalls in federal tax revenues. During April, May, and June of this year, deficits surged to unprecedented highs as economic activity dried

Consider where our economy is, where yields are, where the equity market is. Look at the number of new companies being brought to market with no revenues or earnings.

Labor Day marks the unofficial end to summer.  Many return to work, but the circumstances are much different this year.