David Ader

We deem this action representative of a market that has lost the flurry of last week's panic buying and instead read more

We deem this action representative of a market that has lost the flurry of last week's panic buying and instead is rethinking its view as to the near-term motivation of the Fed and the impact of Katrina.

While the curve has moved to flat as a pancake to a bit inverted and yields open the year near read more

While the curve has moved to flat as a pancake to a bit inverted and yields open the year near 4.38%, we are not excited about further inversion just yet.

We cannot take solace from these figures as the upward revision to the core PCE deflator takes the year-on-year rate read more

We cannot take solace from these figures as the upward revision to the core PCE deflator takes the year-on-year rate to 1.9 percent, up against the Fed's outer boundary.

It is going to follow what the nominal (Treasury) curve is doing. It's not that great of a surprise.

It is going to follow what the nominal (Treasury) curve is doing. It's not that great of a surprise.

Given this is a swan song for Greenspan, I think it's going to be one more of these global topics. read more

Given this is a swan song for Greenspan, I think it's going to be one more of these global topics. There will be very little if anything that will give us any insight into monetary policy.