Iran War: What to Watch
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Iran and Interest Rates
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Calm or Complacent: Short Term Markets Are Uncertain
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Banks vs. LGIPs: The Saga Continues
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Surging Oil Prices, Higher Short Term Rates and A Revised Federal Funds Outlook
Surging oil prices and a less than positive report of personal consumption expenditures for January led to a significant back-up in short-term rates. Local government investment pool yields were unaffected but longer-maturity investments added ten basis points or more.
Expectations for federal funds also moved up with the model for the January 2027 federal funds rate closing the week at 3.40%,up 35 basis points. In January market economists were calling for as much as a 1% cut in the federal funds rate (now 3.50%-3.75%) this year. Now the market is pricing in barely one cut and a few forecasts foresee the next Fed move to be up.
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