Interest Rates

The benchmark will have its last fixing at around 6:55 a.m. New York time on Friday, and some borrowers and lenders are still scrambling to amend contracts.

Economists now expect the federal funds rate to peak at 5.25%, vs. the 5% they expected just last month.

Large Wall Street dealers already stand to lose $5 million to $10 million if the spread between overnight and term SOFR moves against them by just 1 basis point, and their exposure grows with every new transaction.

Minutes from the FOMC's December meeting include an unusually blunt warning to investors, cautioning against underestimating the Fed's will to keep interest rates high for some time.

When people aren't looking for work, federal data treats them as no longer part of the workforce.

Persistent high inflation may lead the Fed to keep up the regular rate hikes till the fed funds rate reaches 5.5%.

Why a hedging policy sits at the crux of effective financial risk management.

"We have got to get inflation behind us. I wish there were a painless way to do that. There isn't."