Articles tagged under: interest rates

Interest Rate Influencers

Published November 16, 2023

The Federal Reserve has aggressively raised interest rates since last year. NDSU Extension Ag Finance Specialist Bryon Parman says interest rates can increase without the Fed's influence. "There are a lot of other factors in the market like treasury yields…

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This Isn’t 1985

Published November 12, 2023

American Bankers Association Ag and Rural Bankers Committee Vice Chair Caleb Hopkins is seeing the cost of interest becoming a become a bigger part of the balance sheet. “Producers have not experienced operating rates as high as they are today.…

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Interest Rate Concerns

Published November 12, 2023

The results of the annual ag lender survey were released at the Agricultural Bankers Conference. Farmer Mac Chief Economist Jackson Takach said the survey showed a slight shift in the biggest concern for lenders. “Interest rate volatility became the number…

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The Bull Pen

Published November 6, 2023

In this monthly look at market-moving news, Advance Trading Risk Management Advisor Tommy Grisafi highlighted interest rates, land values and the markets. The Bull Pen included a discussion about the wars happening in Ukraine and the Middle East and the…

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Interest Rates Cast a Shadow on Grain Storage

Published October 30, 2023

At the Agri-Women’s Harvest of Knowledge Conference, author Elaine Kub, said marketing some grain in the spring can help farmers avoid seasonal lows at harvest time. “These grain markets do have seasonal behaviors and reflect higher prices at the time…

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One More Interest Rate Bump Before the End of ’23

Published October 12, 2023

The minutes from the Federal Open Market Committee’s September meeting showed conflicting ideas about future interest rate hikes. Two-thirds of the committee indicated one more increase would be needed before the end of the year. Since March of 2022, the…

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More Interest Rate Hikes Expected

Published August 25, 2023

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell remains committed to bringing inflation down to two percent. "We have tightened policy significantly over the past year," said Powell. "We are prepared to raise rates further if appropriate and hold policy at a…

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Interest Rates Rise

Published July 27, 2023

The Federal Reserve bumped interest rates by a quarter percentage point to a range of 5.25 percent-to-5.5 percent. Interest rates are now at a 22-year high. Fed Chair Jerome Powell would not rule out another rate hike at the central…

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More Interest Rate Hikes Expected

Published June 30, 2023

The first quarter real gross domestic product increased by two percent. That’s far better than the 1.4 percent expected by industry analysts. In a separate report, the Labor Department said the initial jobless claims for the week ending June 24…

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Fed Signals a Pause in Interest Rate Increases

Published May 4, 2023

As expected, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 25 basis points following its May meeting. The Fed also signaled it could be done raising rates for now. The interest rate hike is the tenth consecutive rate increase bringing the…

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