Federal Reserve

AI Macro

The Fed’s AI Dilemma: Productivity Promises Meet Labor Market Disruption

Federal Reserve officials acknowledge deep uncertainty as generative AI threatens to decouple employment from inflation, testing the central bank's dual mandate and forcing policymakers to model economic dynamics they can't yet measure.

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Markets

Payrolls Data Becomes Fed’s Pivot Point as Rate Cut Debate Intensifies

With the Federal Reserve holding rates at 3.5-3.75%, Friday's employment report will test whether January's 130,000 job gain marks a labor market turning point or a statistical anomaly.

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Macro

Fed’s MBS-to-Treasury Pivot Meets Treasury Bill Surge: Policy Coordination or Market Coincidence?

As the Federal Reserve converts $2 trillion in mortgage holdings to T-bills, Treasury floods the short end with record issuance—creating demand-supply dynamics not seen since the 2019 repo crisis.

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