iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF (IEI)

The Federal Open Markets Committee keeps the federal funds rate at 2.25%-2.50%, as had been widely expected.Introduces "patient" into its monetary policy statement.U.S. stock...

• BySeeking Alpha
• •Jan 30, 2019
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All eyes are on U.S. Treasuries again as trading reopened in the wake of last week's selloff and a bond market holiday on Monday.The benchmark 10-year yield crept up to a fresh...

• BySeeking Alpha
• •Oct 09, 2018

The U.S. federal debt increased by $1.27T in fiscal 2018 - which runs from October 1 through September 30 - according to data released by the Treasury.The figure marks the eighth...

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• •Oct 02, 2018
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Trade war fears? According to the Treasury Department, Russia is no longer listed among the major foreign holders of U.S. government securities after falling below the $30B...

• BySeeking Alpha
• •Jul 18, 2018

The spread between 7- and 10-year Treasury yields has slimmed to just four basis points today, and with a seven-year auction on tap for next week, just the slightest bit of...

• BySeeking Alpha
• •Jun 19, 2018

Federal borrowing nearly doubled during the presidency of Barack Obama, and it has continued to rise under President Trump.According to the U.S Treasury, the national debt exceeded...

• BySeeking Alpha
• •Mar 17, 2018

While most agree that the risk of four hikes in 2018 is building, economists generally think the Fed will steer the dot-plot higher only gradually.“The committee, in our...

• BySeeking Alpha
• •Mar 16, 2018

Ten-year Treasury yields are down to 2.82% from 2.95% last month after a series of signals pointing to a temporary pause in the so-called bond bear market.The Atlanta Fed's...

• BySeeking Alpha
• •Mar 15, 2018

Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) Securities rate strategist Mike Schumacher breaks from the pack, telling Bloomberg he expects the Fed to hike four times this year. Markets have currently...

• BySeeking Alpha
• •Mar 14, 2018