The Consumer Price Index data was released this week, recording the largest annual rise in inflation since the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax...
Prices are rising at the highest rates in 40 years. The Federal Reserve’s overly expansionary policy is the main culprit. Yet the Fed has taken only...
Overview: The month-end and slew of data is making for a volatile foreign exchange session, while the rash of earnings has generally been seen as favorable...
What Was the Great Recession? How Long Did It Last? The most severe economic downturn since World War II occurred between December 2007 and June 2009....
Is The Fed At The End Of Its Rope? Authored by Michael Maharrey via SchiffGold.com, The Federal Reserve delivered another 75 basis point...
The Federal Reserve hiked interest rates by an additional three-quarters of a percentage point. An economist explains what this means for the economy.
Fed Hikes 75bps: Remains "Highly Attentive" To Inflation But Cautions Economy "Softening" Since the last FOMC Statement on June 15th, we have...
Your Last Minute FOMC Preview: Here Is What The Fed Will Say And How Traders May React We previously laid out not one but two lengthy...
In a historic move, the market anticipates that the Federal Funds Rate, the key policy tool of the Federal Reserve will breach the neutral rate of...
Markets expecting 75bp hike After what seems like an interminable wait, we are finally at FOMC day, and the last one I shall be covering as...
Oil After a rough few weeks, crude prices are showing signs of stabilization around the mid-USD 90s as the oil market still remains tight despite another...
Where there is no hope it is incumbent on us to invent it. Albert Camus The economic data released last week was almost uniformly bad. We...
Focus on the US next week Europe took centre stage last week as leaders waited nervously to see if gas would start flowing through Nord Stream...
The bear market rally looks well and truly back on track this week, thanks to one of the stranger things I have seen in 2022, Netflix...
Will Falling Oil Prices Alter The Fed's Aggressive Rate Hike Plan? By Alex Kimani of Oilprice.com Over the past two months, the oil price...
Futures, Oil Jump As Record Dollar Rally Fizzles US futures and European stocks advanced, shaking off data that showed China’s economy expanded...
China lockdowns weigh on Asian markets Wall Street went back into recession mode overnight, with the growth-centric Nasdaq underperforming as tech heavyweights...
High political drama in recent days included the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Abe and the resignation of UK Prime Minister Johnson. Yet,...
Last month, when the Federal Reserve hiked 75 bp instead of the 50 it had signaled, Chair Powell cited the unexpectedly strong CPI and elevated University...
Last month, when the Federal Reserve hiked 75 bp instead of the 50 it had signaled, Chair Powell cited the unexpectedly strong CPI and elevated University...
Overview: News that former Prime Minister Abe was assassinated shot while campaigning in Japan ahead of the weekend election shocked the nation and world....
How Long Will The Fed Hawks Keep Flying? Authored by Michael Maharrey via SchiffGold.com, After the June FOMC meeting and the Fed’s 75-basis-point...
Rabo: The Fed Hopes To Squeeze The Life Out Of The US Economy By Bas van Geffen, senior macro strategist at Rabobank The shift from inflation...
Futures Extend Gains, Escape Technical Bear Market After China Hints At Massive Stimulus US equity futures rose for a 3rd day, rising above...
The Trolley-Car Problem, Part 1: The Fed's Predicament Authored by Michael Lebowitz via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, An unstoppable trolley...
The DXY index is surging as investors embrace the US dollar’s role as a safe haven. The US dollar index surged to the highest level since...
Overview: The dollar jumped yesterday making new highs against most of the major currencies, including the euro, sterling, the dollar-bloc and the Scandis....
An unstoppable trolley car is barreling down the track. As the switchman, you stand at the junction where the track branches into two and you must...
A Book Review of The Lords of Easy Money: How the Federal Reserve Broke the American Economy, by Christopher Leonard.1 Many great movies are “based...
Key Events This Week: All Eyes On Payrolls It was another rollercoaster week - the 11th drop in the past 13 - which however ended with...