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InsightsBond Markets

The 2022 Outlook for Fixed Income
In our view, the outlook for bond investors in 2022 is dominated by the inflation story. We emphasize the importance of understanding the key components that are likely to impact inflation in the…
January 3, 2022
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Market CommentaryBond Markets

The Fixed Income Brief: Rapid Progress
Federal Reserve Chairman Powell and the FOMC sped up the tapering process and introduced potentially three rate hikes into 2022 to stem off inflation. The question on investors’ minds is whether…
December 19, 2021
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Market CommentaryBond Markets

The Fixed Income Brief: Pow Pow(ell)
Better jobs data and worse inflation data push the Fed to accelerate tapering as the market prices in an earlier hike in 2022.
December 12, 2021
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Market CommentaryBond Markets

The Fixed Income Brief: Double Pivot
The Powell/Yellen show was in full effect this week – front running the next Fed meeting to avoid the ongoing debate around the “transitory” nature of inflation.
December 5, 2021
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Market CommentaryBond Markets

The Fixed Income Brief: Take Rates “Easy On Me,” FOMC
As Adele released her much-anticipated 30 album, fixed income investors are hoping to avoid similar emotional trauma she went through in her breakup as Powell and the FOMC begin to remove the Fed’s…
November 21, 2021
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Market CommentaryBond Markets

The Fixed Income Brief: Inflation Not So Transitory – For Now
The recent inflation numbers show that ‘transitory’ may have only been wishful thinking by the Fed; though the medium-term outlook the central bank is relying on may be under threat, investors…
November 14, 2021
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Market CommentaryBond Markets

Factors Affecting Fixed Income Now: Key Developments in the Muni Market
John Hallacy shares his take on how the Fed taper, passage of the infrastructure bill, and inflation will impact the muni market.
November 11, 2021
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Market CommentaryBond Markets

The Fixed Income Brief: “Taper is Coming” – House Powell
As tapering is (finally) confirmed and clarified by Powell, rates remained relatively flat as the wind down had already been priced in by the market.
November 7, 2021
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Market CommentaryBond Markets

The Fixed Income Brief: Investors Not Spooked by Inflation
As we head into Halloween weekend, it looks like U.S. investors are becoming less scared of inflation but are now a bit more frightened about peak growth expectations as Powell and the Fed plan to…
October 31, 2021