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Analysis | The FOMC Cycle

The Federal Reserve's meeting-to-meeting process is not opaque or secret, even if the deliberations themselves are. Monetary policy...

4 days ago17 min read

Few changes to the Federal Reserve's policy statement and median rate projections masked an important shift. With further progress on...

6 days ago12 min read

Sustained risk-asset weakness and recession fears may have spurred hopes for a helping hand from the Fed, but the central bank is likely...

Mar 53 min read

Introducing Datum Research Commentary, Notes will comprise short annotations of current events, topical developments, and important...

Feb 1418 min read

Summary Chair Powell's elucidating testimony before Congress as part of the Fed's semi-annual Monetary Policy Report made one thing...

Feb 412 min read

A streamlined FOMC statement that preserved maximal flexibility belied a substantive tonal shift - the Fed is on an indefinite hold....

Sep 18, 20249 min read

With greater confidence that inflation is moving sustainably lower and a willingness to preemptively support its employment goals, the...

Sep 17, 202411 min read

The Fed has signaled that it will cut the Federal Funds target range 25bp (to 5.00-5.25%) on September 18 and initiate a monetary easing...

Aug 4, 20246 min read

At its July 31 meeting, the Fed sought to communicate a more balanced assessment of risks to include labor market deceleration. Powell...