Everything was expected to be straightforward after the Fed cut interest rates last month. In the past 30 years, the Fed has never initiated a rate-cutting cycle without implementing at least three consecutive cuts.

The shortest-dated municipal bonds sold off after a blowout jobs report caused investors to recalibrate the odds of another big interest-rate cut from the Federal Reserve.

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That's not so far off from the Fed's preferred 2% target. In light of that, the Fed lowered its benchmark interest rate on September 18 by half a percentage point. And it's a move consumers will likely be celebrating in the coming weeks and months.

The outlook for corporate debt is improving now that the Federal Reserve has begun cutting interest rates, according to the latest Bloomberg Markets Live Pulse survey.

Friday’s job market figures in the US were very strong, suggesting that in fact there was no need for a large rate cut. This is the kind of macro climate we have seen in the mid and late 1990’s.

Promotions on CDs already aren't as good as they were in January, but some attractive yields of 4% or higher remain on one-year CDs.