by DRL Group | Aug 29, 2025 | Market Insights
Articles are surfacing about the unprecedented and escalating attacks on the FED from President Trump. The attacks could backfire by hitting financial markets and the economy with higher long-term borrowing costs. We have seen for weeks that President Trump has...
by DRL Group | Aug 21, 2025 | Market Insights
With Jackson Hole this week, we are seeing a lot of news regarding the FED. Most FED officials highlighted inflation risks as outweighing concerns over the labor market at their meeting last month. This is a direct result of tariffs fueling a growing divide within...
by DRL Group | Aug 14, 2025 | Market Insights
Brightline, the private rail line linking Orlando to Miami, refinanced $985M of junior debt at a record-high 14.89% yield, reflecting deep investor concern after delaying a July interest payment on $1.2B in munis. The company, already downgraded deeper into junk by...
by DRL Group | Aug 11, 2025 | Market Insights
Fed Officials Signal Possible September Rate Cut Amid Labor Softness: Three Fed policymakers — Daly (SF), Cook (Board), and Kashkari (Minneapolis) — expressed concern about a slowing labor market, citing weak July job gains and downward revisions to previous months....
by DRL Group | Aug 7, 2025 | Market Insights
This is a busy week for US debt issuance as the Treasury auctions off 3-, 10- & 30-year bonds and a heavy load of short-term bills. Some of the larger issues were: $100 billion – 4-week bills – 4.29% $85 billion – 8-week bills – 4.29% $58 billion – 3-year notes –...
by DRL Group | Aug 1, 2025 | Market Insights
As we know, the FED held rates steady on 7/30, Powell said interest rates are in the right place to manage continued uncertainty around tariffs and inflation tampering expectations for a rate cut in September. Powell indicated, “There are many uncertainties to...
