About this episode
Dec 31
The Stats Behind Slower Investor Activity Late This Year
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7m 20s
Dec 30
Commissions Remain Stable a Year After Landmark NAR Case
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5m 55s
Dec 29
Affordable Markets, But There's More to the "Affordability"
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5m 19s
Mar 2022
Andrew Sheets: The Fed has More Work to Do
3m 19s
Mar 2022
Mike Wilson: Will Slowing Growth Alter the Fed’s Path?
3m 39s
May 2023
Inflation rose again. Will that sway the Fed on rates?
The Fed’s interest rate fight just got more complicated — the central bank’s preferred gauge of inflation indicated that prices rose 0.4% last month, a speed-up from the previous month that saw a 0.1% increase. We talk to Christopher Low, chief economist at FHN Financial, about w ... Show More
8m 44s
May 2023
Inflation rose again. Will that sway the Fed on rates?
The Fed’s interest rate fight just got more complicated — the central bank’s preferred gauge of inflation indicated that prices rose 0.4% last month, a speed-up from the previous month that saw a 0.1% increase. We talk to Christopher Low, chief economist at FHN Financial, about w ... Show More
8m 44s
Jun 2024
Is the Fed Thinking About Inflation All Wrong?
For over a decade, America’s central bank has had an inflation target of 2%. On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve announced that it would keep its main interest rate unchanged in order to try and get inflation to that magic number. But what if the Fed is thinking about inflation all ... Show More
17m 3s
Dec 2022
End-of-Year Encore: Ellen Zentner - Is the U.S. Headed for a Soft Landing?
4m 53s
Sep 2023
Andrew Sheets: GDP, Inflation and a Possible Government Shutdown
<p>Corporate credit is likely to continue outperforming, even if downward revisions to GDP, sticky inflation data and a potential government shutdown could mean a less restrictive approach from the Fed.</p><p><br></p><p>----- Transcript -----</p><p>Welcome to Thoughts on the Mark ... Show More
3m 9s
May 2023
Andrew Sheets: The Prospect of a Pause in Rate Hikes
<p>The Federal Reserve pausing on hiking interest rates has historically been good for markets. But given current conditions, history may not repeat itself.</p><p><br></p><p>----- Transcript -----</p><p>Welcome to Thoughts on the Market. I'm Andrew Sheets, Chief Cross-Assets Stra ... Show More
2m 46s
Jul 2023
Vanguard's Hard Pass on a `Soft Landing'
A rallying stock market and better-than-expected second-quarter economic growth are just the latest developments pointing Wall Street skeptics to the possibility of a US “soft landing.” That’s where the Federal Reserve gets inflation back down to around 2% without triggering a do ... Show More
38m 37s
Jul 2023
The Fed Rate Increase
<p>On today’s show we are taking a look at interest rates. Yesterday the Federal Reserve increased the Federal Funds rate to a range between 5.25%-5.5%. </p>
<p>This clearly sets the stage for short term interest rates to increase. The yield on the 10 year treasury decreased from ... Show More
5m 44s
By most accounts, the Fed will hold steady after raising the federal funds rate by a quarter point to 5.25% at the beginning of May. A Reuters poll found that 102 of 116 economists thought the Fed was done raising rates this year, and 30 believed they would lower it.
With inflation down from its high of over 9% last year to 4.9% in April of this year, it mig ... Show More
<p>The U.S. Federal Reserve recently enacted its first interest rate hike in two years, but there is still more work to be done to counteract rising inflation and markets are watching closely.</p><p><br></p><p>-----Transcript-----</p><p><br></p><p>Welcome to Thoughts on the Marke ... Show More
<p>This week the market turns to the Federal Reserve as it eyes challenges to growth while remaining committed to combating high inflation with its first rate hike of the tightening cycle.</p><p><br></p><p>-----Transcript-----</p><p><br></p><p>Welcome to Thoughts on the Market. I ... Show More
<p>Original Release on December 2nd, 2022: While 2022 saw the fastest pace of policy tightening on record, has the Fed’s hiking cycle properly set the U.S. economy up for a soft landing in 2023?</p><p><br></p><p>----- Transcript -----</p><p><br></p><p>Welcome to Thoughts on the M ... Show More
