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Analysis Topic: Interest Rates and the Bond Market

The analysis published under this topic are as follows.

Interest-Rates

Friday, November 15, 2013

Keep Your Eye on Bonds / Interest-Rates / US Bonds

By: John_Browne

Last month, Americans were transfixed by the amateur theatrics undertaken by the Washington political establishment in connection with the debt ceiling crisis. The bad faith, poor tactics and wholesale avoidance of reality were offered by all players in very large doses. When the Republican leadership finally capitulated (thereby bringing down the curtain on the tawdry production), it soon became apparent that sound and fury had signified nothing except another exercise in can kicking. Public approval of Congress sank to the lowest level on record, and has only dissipated due to the unmitigated disaster of the Obamacare launch. But as bad as domestic approval has become, the behavior of the U.S. government has played far worse internationally.

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Interest-Rates

Friday, November 15, 2013

Option Probabilities Spell Possible Trouble for U.S. Treasury Bonds / Interest-Rates / Options & Warrants

By: J_W_Jones

The incredible rally in equities in 2013 has begun to stir concern among many that the stock market is now in a bubble. We have entered the euphoric stage of this bull market and equity prices cannot and will not go lower according to some talking heads in the financial punditry.

While chatter is starting to heat up that equities are in a bubble, the real bubble seems to be ignored for the most part. The larger, more concerning bubble is in the Treasury marketplace where the Federal Reserve continues to print money to purchase treasury bonds to help keep interest rates artificially low.

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Interest-Rates

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

U.S. Treasury Ramps Up The Zimbabwe Style Money Printing Press / Interest-Rates / Quantitative Easing

By: Steve_St_Angelo

It looks like the U.S. Treasury is learning a few tricks from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe as it ramps up its printing press.  In just a few years, the U.S. Department of Treasury Bureau of Engraving & Printing has substantially increased the printing of its largest valued Federal Reserve Note -- the $100 bill.

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Interest-Rates

Monday, November 11, 2013

The Fed’s Dilemma, What Would Yellen Do? / Interest-Rates / US Federal Reserve Bank

By: John_Mauldin

The US Senate Banking Committee will hold hearings on Thursday, November 14, on the nomination of Janet Yellen for Federal Reserve chair. There will be the usual softball questions, for example, "Do you think high unemployment is a problem in the United States and if so what do you intend to do about it?" (which allows a senator to express his concern over unemployment and for the nominee to agree that it's a problem). Or the always popular question, "What is the basis under which you would continue to hold interest rates at their current low level?" – as if she would answer anything other than, "Any future policy decision is of course data-dependent" or some variation on that response. Boring.

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Interest-Rates

Friday, November 08, 2013

Janet Yellen's Mission Impossible / Interest-Rates / US Interest Rates

By: Peter_Schiff

Most market watchers expect that Janet Yellen will grapple with two major tasks once she takes the helm at the Federal Reserve in 2014: deciding on the appropriate timing and intensity of the Fed's quantitative easing taper strategy, and unwinding the Fed's enormous $4 trillion balance sheet (without creating huge losses in the value of its portfolio). In reality both assignments are far more difficult than just about anyone understands or admits.

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Interest-Rates

Monday, November 04, 2013

What the Fed Doesn't Want You to See / Interest-Rates / US Interest Rates

By: Money_Morning

David Zeiler writes: Ever heard of the Taylor Rule?

Not many people have, but the folks at the U.S. Federal Reserve are very familiar with it - and they'd probably prefer that this highly respected guideline for the federal funds rate languish in obscurity.

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Interest-Rates

Monday, November 04, 2013

U.S. National Debt to Double from $17.0 trillion to $34.0 Trillion? / Interest-Rates / US Debt

By: Profit_Confidential

Michael Lombardi writes: Can it be true?

The U.S. Department of the Treasury has reported that for the federal government’s fiscal 2013 year, which ended on September 30, 2013, the U.S. government budget deficit was $680 billion—the smallest budget deficit in five years. (Source: Bureau of the Fiscal Service, October 30, 2013.)

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Interest-Rates

Sunday, November 03, 2013

U.S. Treasury Yields in Perspective / Interest-Rates / US Bonds

By: PhilStockWorld

Courtesy of Doug Short: Let’s have a look at a long-term perspective on Treasury yields. The chart below shows the 10-Year Constant Maturity yield since 1962 along with the Federal Funds Rate (FFR) and inflation. The range has been astonishing. The stagflation that set in after the 1973 Oil Embargo was finally ended after Paul Volcker raised the FFR to 20.06%.

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Interest-Rates

Monday, October 28, 2013

The Debt Situation in Europe and the U.S. Video / Interest-Rates / Global Debt Crisis 2013

By: EWI

In this video clip from Steve Hochberg's "Don't Get Caught Holding the Bag" presentation, recorded at the San Francisco MoneyShow, Elliott Wave International's Chief Market Analyst addresses a popular question we get at EWI. Enjoy this insight from Hochberg, then take a few minutes to learn how you can get Elliott Wave International's newest free report: How to Protect Your Money When the U.S. Debt Bill Comes Due.

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Interest-Rates

Sunday, October 27, 2013

Code Red - Central Bankers Gone Wild / Interest-Rates / Central Banks

By: John_Mauldin

I wasn't the only person coming out with a book this week (much more on that at the end of the letter). Alan Greenspan hit the street with The Map and the Territory. Greenspan left Bernanke and Yellen a map, all right, but in many ways the Fed (along with central banks worldwide) proceeded to throw the map away and march off into totally unexplored territory. Under pressure since the Great Recession hit in 2007, they abandoned traditional monetary policy principles in favor of a new direction: print, buy, and hope that growth will follow. If aggressive asset purchases fail to promote growth, Chairman Bernanke and his disciples (soon to be Janet Yellen and the boys) respond by upping the pace. That was appropriate in 2008 and 2009 and maybe even in 2010, but not today.

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Interest-Rates

Saturday, October 26, 2013

Money Printing Debt Monetization Madness Continues / Interest-Rates / US Debt

By: Andy_Sutton

Now that another annoying gut check moment is safely in the rearview mirror, we can all get back to the business of filling the punch bowl yet another time. Yep, once again, we’ve proven ourselves to be among the dimmest of bulbs and are going right back to the bag of tricks that isn’t working anymore, but nobody seems to be noticing that – at least not on a meaningful level.  Yes, I’m referring to the umpteenth opening of the monetary spigots announced gleefully in the mainstream press this week. The whole world is awash in money, every one is rich, and the party is bound to go on for at least another hundred years if you listen to the misinformation misfit mafia.

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Interest-Rates

Thursday, October 24, 2013

U.S. Debt Dangerous Situation / Interest-Rates / US Debt

By: Fred_Sheehan

In May 2013, the U.S. Treasury had spent up to its statutory debt limit. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew wrote House Speaker Boehner that the Treasury would "begin implementing the standard set of extraordinary measures that allows the Treasury to continue to borrow and spend even after it has hit the legal debt limit."

Through October 16, 2013, the Daily Treasury Statement showed "Total Public Debt Subject to Limit" at $16,699,396. The "16" is trillions; the numbers are in millions. The "Statutory Debt Limit" (the next line on the Daily Treasury Statement), showed, day-in and day-out: "$16,699,421. The difference was $25,000,000: This figure adds back the zeros not shown on the daily posting.

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Interest-Rates

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Interest Rates 60 Year Cycle Low / Interest-Rates / US Interest Rates

By: readtheticker

The cost if capital is rising, the big cycles are rolling over. Today's debt slaves will not be happy.

For the fundamental trader a good reason that interest rates are on the long trend higher can be found via Steven Roach comments on a change in China.

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Interest-Rates

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Janet Yellen the U.S. Interest Rates Hawk? / Interest-Rates / US Interest Rates

By: Steve_H_Hanke

Well, it’s official. President Obama has picked Janet Yellen as his nominee to be the next Federal Reserve Chairman. In the months leading up to this announcement, the press unanimously dubbed Yellen the Queen of the Doves, pointing to her reluctance to roll back the Fed’s Quantitative Easing program. As it turns out, however, Yellen is hardly the dove she is made out to be. Indeed, when it comes to money supply, Dr. Yellen seems, well, downright hawkish.

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Interest-Rates

Friday, October 18, 2013

U.S. Debt Credit Rating Downgraded to Same Level as Brazil? / Interest-Rates / US Debt

By: Profit_Confidential

Michael Lombardi writes: The U.S. government, after winning World War II for the Allies, was very convincing. It told central banks around the world that they should hold the U.S. dollar as their reserve currency instead of gold, based on the idea the U.S. dollar would be backed by gold. Only limited amounts of U.S. dollars could be printed, because the currency was tied to gold bullion. Central banks bought into the idea.

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Interest-Rates

Friday, October 18, 2013

Blackrock - Impact of the Debt Ceiling Debate on the Bond Market / Interest-Rates / US Debt

By: Bloomberg

BlackRock Chairman & CEO Larry Fink appeared on Bloomberg Television's "Market Makers" today, where he told hosts Erik Schatzker and Stephanie Ruhle that stock markets may decline as a result of the debt ceiling debate. He said, "I'm much more worried about the U.S. now than the last time I was on your show...We are going to see a lower equity market and a longer period of lower rates" if earnings start to deteriorate in the fourth quarter following the stalemate in Washington.

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Interest-Rates

Sunday, October 13, 2013

Terrible News for Retirees - Could You Stand Low Interest Rates for the Next 20 Years? / Interest-Rates / Pensions & Retirement

By: DailyWealth

Dr. Steve Sjuggerud writes: I couldn't believe it...

It was huge news last week for the financial markets... but nobody reported it.

I guess nobody wanted to believe it... Maybe it was so extreme that nobody could even process that it was possible.

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Interest-Rates

Wednesday, October 09, 2013

Ominous Warnings About U.S. Debt Default and Impact on the Global Economy / Interest-Rates / US Debt

By: LewRockwell

Michael Snyder writes: A U.S. debt default that lasts for more than a couple of days could potentially cause a financial crash unlike anything that the world has ever seen before. If the U.S. government purposely wanted to damage the global financial system, the best way that they could do that would be to default on U.S. debt obligations. A U.S. debt default would cause stocks to crash, would cause bonds to crash, would cause interest rates to soar wildly out of control, would cause a massive credit crunch, and would cause a derivatives panic that would be absolutely unprecedented. And that would just be for starters. But don’t just take my word for it. These are the things that top financial experts all over the planet are saying will happen if there is an extended U.S. debt default.

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Interest-Rates

Thursday, October 03, 2013

Fed Retreats From QE Tapering, Five Reasons Why / Interest-Rates / Quantitative Easing

By: Gary_Dorsch

Nowadays, the sitting members of the inner circle at the Federal Reserve are nothing more than political lackeys - conducting the nation's monetary policy, at the beset of whatever political party happens to hold the upper hand in the legislature. In his May 29th speech, titled "Central banking at a Crossroads," former Fed chief Paul Volcker lamented that the Fed had been hijacked by the Treasury and the White House. In calling for the Bernanke Fed to begin rolling back QE-3, Volcker said, " There is something else beyond the necessary mechanics and timely action that is at stake. The credibility of the Federal Reserve, its commitment to maintain price stability and its ability to stand up against pressing and partisan political pressures is critical. Independence can't just be a slogan," he warned.

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Interest-Rates

Thursday, October 03, 2013

QE Taper Talk Fakeout / Interest-Rates / Quantitative Easing

By: Peter_Schiff

Anyone who bought the media buzz about a September reduction of QE - called the "taper" - was very surprised when the Federal Reserve announced that stimulus would continue unabated. According the the official narrative, inflation is under control and the labor market is steadily improving. Why wouldn't a modest taper be announced?

The reality is that the economic indicators the Fed claims to rely on to decide when to taper are all dependent on stimulus money. This is not a mystery to Ben Bernanke. Instead, this entire saga amounted to little more than a "taper fakeout" which sent hard asset investors for a loop.

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