(Note: This article also appears at econintersect.com) This week both the Bank of Japan and the Federal Reserve will be meeting to chart the future course of interest rates! In the U.S. where prior to the recent small interest rate hike ZIRP or zero interest rate policy had been in place, speculation over whether the Fed will raise or stand […]
The desire to buy a home is all well and good but, unless it’s an all-cash transaction, financial decision-making is critically important! Post-financial crisis the underwriting methodology and criteria for residential mortgage loans swung in the exact opposite direction from where they had been in the go-go years of real estate. Before the financial crisis and in […]
The Federal Reserve, after raising its benchmark fed funds rate .25% in December 2015, yesterday left rates unchanged! The December increase was implemented despite inflation remaining well below the Fed’s target rate of 2% and in the face of an economic recovery that could be, at best, termed tepid. At the time some speculated that […]
Will the Fed or won’t the Fed raise its benchmark rate 1/4 of 1% sometime this year or next? That singular question has transfixed and captivated the world’s markets, politicians and corporate decision makers since the ‘great recession’ and the subsequent Fed move to bring the target fed funds rate down to a range of 0-.25%. […]
These are some of the news stories and articles that anyone involved in real estate whether as a vocation, as a buyer or as a seller will hopefully find interesting and useful! Top News CFPB sets final TRID rule effective date DSNews.com – The CFPB issued a final rule moving the effective date to Saturday, October […]
Imagine a concert venue with general admission seating, a famous band, and one small door to get inside. The result would likely be catastrophic! Is a similar scenario brewing only this time in the financial markets, bonds in particular? For the fund managers and other institutional investors who hold trillions of dollars of fixed income […]
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The US Economic Calendar For The Week Of December 22, 2014 Because the majority of Americans like to keep an eye on their money, the US Economic Calendar for the week of December 22, 2014 is a great guide for anyone to have at their disposal! With economic and political uncertainty currently more of the […]
The US Economic Calendar For The Week Of December 8, 2014 Assuming that the majority of Americans would like to keep an eye on their money, the US Economic Calendar for the week of December 8, 2014 is a great guide for anyone to have at their disposal! With economic and political uncertainty currently more […]
The US Economic Calendar For The Week Of November 17, 2014 Assuming that the majority of Americans would like to keep an eye on their money, the US Economic Calendar for the week of November 17, 2014 is a great guide for anyone to have at their disposal! With economic and political uncertainty currently more […]
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