The strength of consumer spending so far this year has surprised most private forecasters. In this post, we examine the factors behind this strength and...
After forty-three months of forbearance, the pause on federal student loan payments has ended. Originally enacted at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic...
Housing Starts Slump In September; Rental Permits Plunge As Homebuilder Confidence Crumbles If yesterday's plunge in the NAHB sentiment survey...
UK CPI unchanged, core CPI ticks lower US retail sales hotter than expected The British pound is showing limited movement on Wednesday. In the European...
Overview: US economic data surprised to the upside yesterday, and although interest rates rose as one would expect, the dollar's initial gains were pared,...
Treasury yield levels are overwhelmingly a function of inflation. However, in the short run, a plethora of influences can explain deviations between yields...
Investors Alley Don’t Forget BDCs for Stable, High-Yield Income The Fed’s aggressive interest rate increases have been good for business development...
Quick Take Recent data reveals a significant development in global financial markets as inflation rates in the United Kingdom have exceeded consensus predictions....
In my MJS article on inflation, I wrote: Looking forward, the inflation surge is probably over. The upward pressure in rental rates is dissipating, while...
Have Central Banks Lost Control Of The Gold Price? Via GoldMoney.com, Over the past few months, gold prices have completely detached from...
Industrial and manufacturing production surprise on the upside (0.3% m/m vs. 0.1% consensus, 0.4% vs. 0.1% respectively), with August growth revised up....
Terminal-Rate Pricing Doesn't Look So Terminal In Europe By Ven Ram and Heather Burke, Bloomberg Markets Live reporters and strategists Interest-rate...
Republican Jim Jordan does not have enough votes to be elected House speaker in the first round of floor voting. Risk aversion was the early trade...
JPMorgan expects EUR/USD to test parity, down from prior 1.05 target Citibank is eyeing a move to parity within six months ING head of research sees...
Homebuilder Sentiment Slumped (Again) In October Amid "Housing Affordability Crisis" "It is difficult to get a man to understand something,...
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) reported the housing market index (HMI) was at 40, down from 44 last month. Any number below 50 indicates...
US Retail Sales Soared (Again) In September Update (0910ET): We hate to be the ones to steal the jam from the exuberant consumer's donut BUT...
17 October 2023 The Geological Society of America Release No. 23-41 Contact: Justin Samuel +1-303-357-1026 jsamuel@geosociety.org Credit: U.S. Geological...
From the Fed: Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization Industrial production increased 0.3 percent in September and advanced at an annual rate of 2.5 percent in the...
BofA Reports Best Ever Q3 Earnings Even As Held-To-Maturity Losses Soar By $26 BIllion To Record HiIgh Bank of America, the second largest...
Treasuries Pain Can Get Much Worse, Term Premium Dynamics Show By Garfield Reynolds, Bloomberg Markets Live reporter and strategist Treasuries’...
One of my main arguments for legalizing weed, cocaine, heroin, etc. relates to costs and benefits when drugs are illegal versus costs and benefits when...
* Biden will visit Israel in bid to keep conflict from escalating * Early data suggest the earnings recession is over for S&P 500 companies *...
The US 10-year Treasury yield continues to rise, pushing ever higher above above CapitalSpectator.com’s “fair-value” estimate, which is based on...
Geopolitical Risks May Accelerate A Debt Crisis Authored by Daniel Lacalle, Many investors are warning of the risk of a debt crisis, but governments...
RBA releases minutes Investors eye Israel-Hamas war The Australian dollar has extended its gains on Tuesday. AUD/USD is trading at 0.6353 in Europe, up...
On Monday’s trading session, however, the silver market experienced a small fallback as the 50-day EMA helped the market gravitate towards the $22.50...
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If Inflation Is 3.7% And Oil Is Rising, Treasuries Can't Rally By Ven Ram, Bloomberg Markets Live reporter and strategist Treasuries at the...
Safe-haven flows likely to head Swiss franc and gold’s way as US debt concerns and liquidity concerns grow A week filled with Fed speak will see...