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In an announcement, Fed officials acknowledged that inflation has “eased somewhat,” but cautioned it remains “elevated,” and that additional rate increases “will be appropriate” in order to...
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In an announcement, Fed officials acknowledged that inflation has “eased somewhat,” but cautioned it remains “elevated,” and that additional rate increases “will be appropriate” in order to...
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Despite a promising inflation report, the Fed's work in taming surging prices is far from over.
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The vicious tech sell-off this year has hit the once high-flying FAANG stocks (Meta, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Alphabet) particularly hard, but also created a buying opportunity for investors...
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The S&P 500 fell 1.9% and the Nasdaq 3.3%.
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Bond issuance increased substantially in the last week of March 2020 and has remained substantially above average pre-pandemic levels.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has offered a sobering assessment of the U. S. economic prospects as the Covid pandemic rages: the actual unemployment rate when accounting for crisis-related...
Lawmakers have been negotiating another relief packing that would push the deficit even higher, but talks may be faltering.
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This is where we are. The hard times we’ve long anticipated are here.
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Is more stimulus on the way?
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The dire warning comes after global cases of coronavirus recently surged above 1 million.
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This should be the year of the three Big Es--earnings, the economy and the election.
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History can be a good guide for the Fed's next move.
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Recession fears have steadily risen this year.
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The global economy is growing moderately, but that’s a great deal better than news headlines imply. World GDP is likely to expand by 2.8 percent his year, inflation adjusted. That’s down from 3.4...
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The Bureau of Economic Analysis decreased December quarter’s GDP growth estimate from 2.6% to 2.2%. The GDP’s growth rate has now declined 200 basis points from 4.2% in the June quarter.
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Since the election of Hugo Chavez in December of 1998, Venezuelans have embraced Chavismo. This peculiar form of socialism has allowed Venezuela to morph into what is in essence an organized crime...
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Fears of slowing economic growth have driven financial markets lower, but growth cycles have far more potential than most people realize. How the Fed balances sustainable growth and interest...
While the market focused on the possibility that the Fed may be near the end of rate hikes, Fed Chairman Powell made a more important point when he highlighted the risks that corporate indebtedness...
The world is looking to this weekend’s talks for signs as to whether recent trade disputes with China, which have accelerated sharply under Trump’s protectionist agenda, can yet lead to some kind of...
Mrs. May has won the approval of the EU for her deal, but seems set for resounding defeat in the U.K. Parliament. If she is defeated, what happens next?
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The Dow Industrials 545 point gain last Wednesday got the public’s attention but was this just a rebound in a downtrend or does it mean that the year-end rally is already underway? If the market is...
The European Central Bank will need to assure the markets tomorrow that the ongoing situation in Italy is under control. They need to select their language very carefully because this is going to...
In Survivor: Wall Street vs Washington, the tribe has merged and the Wall Street tribe has voted Jerome Powell off the island.
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The unemployment rate and average hourly earnings are the key metrics to watch. It is likely that the underemployment rate could fall to 7.1% and this could push the dollar index higher triggering a...
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The Fed’s rate hike was no surprise, considering that futures prices had pegged odds at 100%. What might have surprised some was removal of “accommodative” language from the Fed’s statement....