Stocks rebound but flat across the week European stocks are rebounding on Friday after Covid inspired losses from the previous session. Instead, corporate updates and Eurozone...
US dollar steady despite fall in yields Despite another fall by US long-dated bond yields and a retreat by tech stocks, the US dollar continues to...
In response to the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Reserve cut short-term interest rates to zero on March 15, 2020 and restarted its...
Monetary Policy Is Not Expansionary Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Monetary policy is not expansionary despite widespread belief otherwise. The general assumption by the Federal Reserve is...
Monetary policy is not expansionary despite widespread belief otherwise. The general assumption by the Federal Reserve is that by providing excess reserves to the banking system,...
The Federal Reserve Chairman steadied the post-US-inflation ship overnight, reiterating that virus-disrupted price increases among the CPI components would ease in the coming months. Regarding the...
Overview: The Reserve Bank of New Zealand jumped to the front of the queue of central banks adjusting monetary policy by announcing the end of its...
Stronger inflation data in the US again fuels the ‘transitory-versus-persistent’ debate on the fundamental nature of inflationary pressures. It is a discussion that has further to...
Powell Pushes Back Against Tapering Talk In House Testimony Update (1350ET): Nearly two hours into Powell's testimony, AOC appeared on screen to prod Powell about the...
Schiff: US Government Spending Sure Isn't Transitory Via SchiffGold.com, The mainstream narrative is that the Fed will soon admit that inflation isn’t transitory. At that point, it...
I do take pleasure in being a kiwi on many levels, one of which is the refreshing habit kiwis have of telling it like it is....
US dollar rallies on US inflation data The title says it all as much higher than expected US inflation data saw tapering sentiment rise sharply, pushing...
In mid-June, Fed Chair Jay Powell pulled the rug from beneath the reflation trade by suggesting current inflation pressures were perhaps not transitory after all. Fixed...
The Fed's Complete Taper Timeline Commenting on the Fed's recent communications debacle, Bank of America economist Michelle Meyer writes that the Fed was getting high marks...
There has been a fair bit of catching up to do after the past week spent outside of the financial market’s matrix. The biggest takeaways appear...
China Foreign Vice-Minister Says US Must Accept Its Hegemony Is Waning In the latest exchange of diplomatic barbs between the world's two superpowers, on Friday China’s...
Oil extends gains as inventories are drained Oil prices appear to have found a floor, pushing higher for a second straight session on Friday following inventory...
Ford Secures Chips To Finish "Thousands" Of Incomplete F-150 Ford Motor Company has received a new batch of semiconductor chips this month and will be able...
Majority Of Former Hospitality Workers Refuse To Go Back To Their Old Jobs While the end of pandemic unemployment benefits in September may finally put an...
European stocks are sinking lower, reversing gains from the previous session following a weak handover from Asia. While stocks have been on a tear, hitting all-time...
Our medium-term scenario continues to favour risk and equities, given the fundamental factors and economic policy support. This is an extract of our Asset allocation monthly...
Oil steadies after steep falls Oil prices are rebounding following steep declines in the previous session. Oil prices tumbled more than 3% on Tuesday as OPEC+...
By Kristalina Georgieva When G-20 finance ministers and central bank governors gather in Venice this week, they can take inspiration from the city’s unbreakable spirit. As...
Equities gained in June, but the advance was hesitant at times as markets wondered about the course of US monetary policy and the effects of the...
One thing about this market is that it can’t seem to make up its mind about whether inflation is going to take off or has already...
Since When Is A Little Rate Hike Years From Now Hawkish? Via SchiffGold.com, Markets reacted strongly to what many considered “hawkish” messaging coming out of the June...
9 Million Workers Return To The Labor Force In September: What Happens To Wages Then While Goldman has been largely dismissive of inflation so far, the...
The Delta Variant. It has become a question mark growing in the subconscious of the collective mind of the financial world. Will it continue to spread...
Forget Goldilocks: El-Erian Doubts "Transitory" Narrative, Fears "Increasing Risk Of Instability" Authored by Mohamed El-Erian, op-ed via The Financial Times, Too much confidence is placed in...
The U.S. Dollar Index edged down 0.01% to 92.030 The dollar was down on… The post Dollar lower as investors await U.S. jobs data first appeared...