The United States is the largest consumer of crude oil in the world. Spurred by strong demand in the US and global supply shortage, oil prices...
Social bonds have been the fastest growing segment of the market for thematic bonds. Numerous factors are driving their popularity, including their use to address gender...
Futures Under Water As Tech Selloff Spreads, Yields Spike, Lira Implodes US equity futures continued their selloff for the second day as Treasury yields spiked to...
Fed "Taper" Is Good News For The Bond Market Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Investors are fretting over the prospect of a “Fed Taper,” but...
Investors have high hopes for the annual "Santa Claus" rally. But, could there be a correction before "Santa visits Broad and Wall?" At the moment, investors...
As Markets Brace For Beijing Easing, Chinese State Media Unveils 25bps RRR Cut Before Year-End While some in the market are still obsessing over i) when...
Erdogan Tells Lira To Drop Dead As Currency Collapse Threatens Financial System, Bank Runs, Hyperinflation In what should not be confused for a masterclass in FX...
Biden Picks Powell As "Continuity" Wins Out At Fed; Brainard To Be Vice Chair Update (1000ET): More comments from influential lawmakers are pouring in, with Senate...
Central bankers are coming under mounting pressure to get inflation under control.
After weeks of mulling, Biden decided to give Powell another term as Fed chair, which means he will have more influence over the trajectory of inflation...
Investors are fretting over the prospect of a "Fed Taper," but history shows such will likely be good news for the bond market. Currently, it doesn't...
The EUR/USD price continued its bearish trend on Monday morning as investors reflected on the latest Covid-19 surge in Europe. The pair is trading at 1.1266,...
Germany’s DAX index has advanced on a weekly basis and closed the week at 16,159 points. Many big companies reported strong third-quarter earnings results, and according...
Full Employment? Ask Young Workers By Nicholas Colas of DataTrek Research The $64 question for the US labor market is how close are we to full...
The flash November PMIs would be the main focus in the week ahead if it were more normal times. But these are not normal times, and...
Psaki's "No Economist" Assertion Draws Some Inflation Dissenters Authored by Phillip Wegmann via RealClearPolitics.com, It costs more to pay rent each month and to fill up...
Because the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing recession led to skyrocketing unemployment rates in early 2020, 23 states were forced to take out federal loans to continue...
Biden is expected to soon decide whether to keep Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve chair or name a replacement. The nominee will have more influence on...
A renewed push to liberalize trade can invigorate durable growth and minimize post-pandemic scarring.
A simple tweet from a CNN reporter reminded us that the most powerful man in Washington, DC remains Senator Joe Manchin. Chief Congressional Correspondent Manu Raju...
As happens occasionally, the view of the world one sees expressed in fixed-income prices seems quite different from the one seen in equity markets. Today, however,...
Turkish Lira Crashes To Record Low After Central Bank Cuts Rates Again As was expected, moments ago the Turkish central bank cut its key interest rate...
The U.K.’s CPI rose by 4.2% in the 12 months to October, up from… The post UK inflation hits 10-year high levels first appeared on Trading...
The gold spot price is tightly aligned with investment demand for the yellow metal. Here's an overview of how it's determined. The post What is the...
"Increased borrowing must be matched by increased ability to repay. Otherwise, we aren't expanding the economy – we're merely puffing it up." – Henry Alexander of...
What Is Gross Domestic Product (GDP)? Put simply, gross domestic product (GDP) seeks to measure a country's economic output during a specific time period. GDP represents...
What Is the Federal Reserve?The Federal Reserve is the central bank of the United States. Also known as “The Fed,” it is in charge of the...
Goldman Releases 2022 Stock Forecast: Diverges With A Bearish Morgan Stanley, Sees S&P Rising To 5,100 One day after the increasingly grouchy Morgan Stanley published its...
Europe Has Never Been This Cheap Versus The US By Michael Msika, Bloomberg Markets live commentator and analyst If you liked European stocks at a 25%...
Five Democrats are refusing to vote on a signature bill until the Congressional Budget Office delivers its full cost estimate. For a small agency, the CBO...