Schiff: The Federal Reserve Is Picking A Fight It Cannot Win Via SchiffGold.com, The stock market rallied early this week with receding worry about the omicron...
According to the popular narrative, the role of the central bank is to navigate the economy along the so-called path of economic stability. By this way of...
“Do you have faith the "new era" of Fed-managed markets can continue to levitate stocks well above historical norms?” -Is A Stock Market Crash Like 2000...
Stocks Soar On Optimism Omicron Is A Dud As Traders Focus On Growing China Stimulus U.S. index futures rallied, led by gains for Nasdaq 100 contracts,...
Even as it eyes accelerating tapering, the Fed continues to replace maturing assets in its $2.6 trillion mortgage-backed securities portfolio The post Fed pulling back from...
The Australian dollar has extended its rally and is trading at 0.7100. AUD/USD has had an impressive week so far, up 1.44%. RBA optimistic but cautious...
“(Market) Predictions Are Difficult…Especially When They Are About The Future” – Niels Bohr Okay, I took a little poetic license. However, the point is that while we...
Equity markets jump as Omicron jitters ease Another day, another directional move by markets on whatever the latest omicron headline is. Following on from yesterday’s indicative...
China's RRR Cut Risks A Bond-Leverage Crackdown By Ye Xie, Bloomberg Markets reported and analyst RRR Cut Risks a Bond-Leverage Crackdown Beijing is moving toward putting...
On September 30 and October 1, 2021, the New York Fed held a virtual conference on the implications of the Fed’s actions in response to the...
Marco Del Negro is the director of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s new research center, AMEC, which stands for the Applied Macroeconomics and Econometrics...
The prices of U.S. imported goods, excluding fuel, have increased by 6 percent since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in February 2020. Around half of...
Inflation - Will It Or Won't It? Authored by Bill Blain via MorningPorridge.com, “Inflation is like toothpaste – once you got it out, you can’t get...
Light yellow line is the 10-year Government of Canada bond yield, orange line is the 2-year bond yield: Over the past week, Omicron fears have triggered...
Germany’s DAX index has weakened on a weekly basis and closed the week at 15,169 points. The Omicron variant of the coronavirus continues to keep investors...
The problem with having a huge amount of anticipated growth baked into your stock price is that the expectations become incredibly difficult to achieve. High expectations...
Omicron and central banks to dominate The past week has been dominated by Omicron news as we all try to piece together the limited information we...
With inflationary pressures intensifying and Omicron generating new uncertainties, monetary policymakers are facing new and challenging tradeoffs.
Futures Flat Ahead Of Taper Accelerating Payrolls U.S. equity futures are flat, rebounding from an overnight slide following news that 5 "mild" Omicron cases were found...
The USD/CAD held steady on Friday morning as the market waited for the latest US and Canada jobs data. The pair also rose after the latest...
Futures Rebound Fizzles On Slowing iPhone Demand, Omicron Fears U.S. index futures regained some ground alongside Asian markets while European stocks slumped to session lows in...
Volatility has started to pick up across the stock market following revelations about the new Omicron Covid variant taking off in South Africa and the Fed’s...
Omicron Could Cause Supply Chain Crunch And Inflation To Worsen, OECD Warns Before the US follows Europe by ordering more lockdowns as a preventative measure to...
I'm working madly to finish The Fiscal Theory of the Price Level. This is a draft of Chapter 21, on how to think about today's emerging...
Watch Live: Powell, Yellen Return To Capitol Hill For 2nd Day Of CARES Act Testimony Newly re-nominated Fed Chairman Jerome Powell surprised markets on Tuesday when...
Even before large losses at the end of last week, it already seemed fairly unlikely that the cartel would significantly boost production. With most members seemingly...
WTI Extends Losses After Smaller Than Expected Crude Draw Crude prices puked over 5% today as demand fears over Omicron (jet fuel demand) and European case...
Powell, Yellen Weigh In On Omicron, Debt Ceiling During Senate CARES Act Testimony With the new year just weeks away, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Fed...
Euro Area Inflation Smashes Expectations, Soars To Record High Ahead Of Critical ECB Meeting Now that even Fed Chair Powell admits that inflation is no longer...
Watch Live: Powell, Yellen Weigh In On Omicron, Debt Ceiling During Senate CARES Act Testimony With the new year just weeks away, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen...