07/31/2026
July 2026 Market Update
July 2026 Market Update
The July FOMC meeting was the second meeting for new Federal Reserve Chairman, Kevin Warsh. The Committee decided to leave interest rates unchanged at 3.50%-3.75%. Interest rates have risen since the end of the FOMC meeting. 30-year interest rates are now at the highest level in nineteen years.30 ye...
07/01/2026
June 2026 Market Update
June 2026 Market Update
The June FOMC meeting was the first meeting for new Federal Reserve Chairman, Kevin Warsh. The Committee decided to leave interest rates unchanged at 3.50%-3.75%. Warsh immediately began making changes to the way the Federal Reserve communicates by drastically shortening the FOMC statement, removing...
07/01/2026
May 2026 Market Update
May 2026 Market Update
At the May FOMC meeting the committee once again decided to leave interest rates unchanged at 3.50%-3.75%. Over the past month the level of bank reserves (blue) in the chart below has risen as the Federal Reserve's balance sheet (orange) stayed relatively the same. The plumbing in the financial syst...
05/01/2026
April 2026 Market Update
April 2026 Market Update
At the April FOMC meeting the committee decided not to cut interest rates, leaving the federal funds effective rate at 3.50%-3.75%. The level of bank reserves and the Federal Reserve’s balance sheet has risen since the end of 2025, but recently pulled back, signifying tightening of liquidity in th...
03/31/2026
March 2026 market Update
March 2026 Market Update
At the March FOMC meeting the Fed once again decided not to cut interest rates. Since the December meeting when the Fed decided to restart asset purchases (QE) on a small scale, liquidity has improved, but as previously hypothesized, these actions have not prevented employment growth from declining....