Inflation May Have Slowed in August. That May Not Be Good News.

Text size Markets have been waiting for a clearer indication that inflation is coming down from its highest point in four decades. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images Inflation is expected to have slowed...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk Warns a Major Fed Rate Hike Risks Deflation – Economics Bitcoin News

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has warned that a major rate hike by the Federal Reserve risks deflation in the U.S. economy. Musk’s warning followed an analysis by Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood, who cautioned that ...

Stocks Poised to Open Higher on Monday

Stocks are poised to open higher in New York on Monday. Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images Text size U.S. stocks are poised to open higher on Monday as investors await the August reading on inflation. On S...

Hungary’s Prime Minister Says ‘Europe Has Run out of Energy’ Amid Russia’s Gas Standoff – Economics Bitcoin News

Europe is suffering and struggling to contain an energy crisis according to various reports that say the eurozone might have to deal with a cold winter that could lead to energy rationing and blackout...

Quantitative Tightening Is About to Ramp Up. What It Means for Markets.

The Federal Reserve now owns about a third of both the Treasury and mortgage-backed-securities markets as a result of its emergency asset-buying to prop up the U.S. economy during the Covid-19 pandemi...

Europe’s Unfolding Crises Could Impact U.S. Stocks. Here’s How.

U.S. investors are watching the Federal Reserve but the European Central Bank is likely to keep hiking rates to pull down prices, and those moves deserve more attention. Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg Text si...

Why Guggenheim’s Scott Minerd Sees Stocks Falling Another 20% by Mid-October

Text size Scott Minerd says ‘we should see a really sharp adjustment in prices very fast.’ Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images Guggenheim Securities Chief Investment Officer Scott Miner...

Crude Oil Prices Tick Higher After Putin Threatens to Let Europe ‘Freeze’

Text size Russian President Vladimir Putin Mikhail Klimentyev/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images Oil prices inched up on Thursday after Russian President Vladimir Putin hinted that he might tear up supply c...

Oil Prices Tick Higher After Putin Threatens to Let Europe ‘Freeze’

Text size Russian President Vladimir Putin Mikhail Klimentyev/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images Oil prices inched up on Thursday after Russian President Vladimir Putin hinted that he might tear up supply c...

Professor of Economics warns ‘Europe is on the brink of another banking crisis’

One of the most consequential ripple effects of the war in Ukraine was the energy crisis that developed and that has had much of Europe in its grip since Russia invaded.  The continent’s dependence on...

IMF Bailout Could Be in UK’s Future, Says Strategist – Economics Bitcoin News

Mizuho Securities’ head of global macro strategies has warned that an IMF bailout may be in the U.K.’s future. Moreover, a former chancellor of the exchequer cautioned that Britain is entering a long ...

Putin Threatens to Let Europe ‘Freeze’ — Russian President Warns ‘We Will Not Supply Gas, Oil, Coal, Heating Oil’ – Economics Bitcoin News

Following the discussions concerning the inter-governmental political forum Group of Seven (G7) pledging to impose price caps on crude oil and the European Commission talking about fixing electricity ...

Despite the Historical Blunders of Price Fixing, European Commission and G7 Pledge to Impose Price Controls – Economics Bitcoin News

With the global economy looking gloomy and financial trade more restricted than ever before in history, government-mandated prices are seemingly coming back with a vengeance. Europe is suffering from ...

Analyst Warns US Debt Crisis Is Possible — Rising Treasury Yields, Inflation, Stock Market Rout Could Cause ‘Multiple Black Swans’ – Economics Bitcoin News

Wall Street’s major indexes closed the day in red on Tuesday, alongside cryptocurrencies, and precious metals like gold and silver taking some percentage losses. The leading crypto asset bitcoin dropp...

‘Social Bonds’ Help People. Investors in Them Get Paid.

When Rook Soto lost his law enforcement job in 2010 for health reasons, he had big medical bills and had to take temporary jobs to survive. For a month, he was homeless and lived out of a van. Soto ha...

Retail Stocks Got an Earnings Boost. Why There’s No Comfort in That.

Text size Many retailers are still struggling with the high inventories, with profits dragged down by pricier supply-chain and transport costs. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Investors breathed a sigh of ...

The Boss May Not Like It. But Millions of Workers Aren’t Coming Back to the Office.

Erin Li, a 29-year-old working for an advertising firm in Los Angeles, is looking for a new job that allows full-time remote work.  Li is worried that her current employer will require her to work fro...

Rome’s Financial Volatility to Shock the Eurozone — Hedge Funds Bet $39 Billion Against Italian Debt – Economics Bitcoin News

Hedge funds are betting against Rome’s liabilities as S&P Market Intelligence data indicates investors have amassed a $37 billion short bet against Italian debt. The hedge funds are betting large ...

India Surpasses UK as World’s 5th Largest Economy Based on IMF Data – Economics Bitcoin News

India is now the world’s fifth-largest economy after surpassing the U.K., the latest data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) shows. India’s former chief economic advisor expects the country to...

Nearly 50% of CFOs Surveyed Expect Recession to Hit US Economy This Year – Economics Bitcoin News

Financial services firm Deloitte has conducted a survey of chief financial officers (CFOs) and found that nearly 50% of respondents expect the U.S. economy to be in recession this year. Furthermore, 3...

Ethereum (ETH) Post-Merge Economics Analyzed by Expert

Vladislav Sopov Ethereum (ETH) has all chances to become most “sound” form of money and store of value, investor Justin Bons says Contents Merge activation in Ethereum (ETH) gives its toke...

Where Is the Stock Market Going? It Could Have a Messy Fall.

If 2022 were to end tomorrow, or the day after, it would enter the books as a dismal one for investors. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 13% year to date, the S&P 500 index is off 17%, and...

Why a Bearish Money Manager Likes Gambling Stocks and Is Ready to Dump Apple

Dan Niles thinks the stock market is headed lower. Maybe a lot lower. A Stanford University–trained electrical engineer who once worked at the old minicomputer giant Digital Equipment, Niles has focus...

Gold and Silver Markets Shudder, Analysts Say Firm Dollar and Rate Hikes May Drag Precious Metal Markets Lower – Economics Bitcoin News

Precious metal markets have shuddered during the last few weeks, as gold’s price per ounce nears a six-week low hovering just under $1,700 per unit. Silver crashed through the $18 range slipping to $1...

Eurozone Inflation Taps Highest Rate Ever Recorded Reaching 9.1%, as Nord Stream, Gazprom Halt Gas Supplies – Economics Bitcoin News

The Eurozone’s inflation rate reached a record high in August of 9.1%, the highest ever recorded in history, according to Europe’s statistics office Eurostat. The rate was higher than economists suspe...

Europe’s Energy Crisis Won’t Be Over Anytime Soon, Experts Say

A man waves a European Union flag in front of the Romanian Parliament headquarters during a protest … [+] against government and corruption in the front of the Romanian Government headquarters i...

IMF Expects US Economy to Experience High Inflation for at Least Another Year or Two – Economics Bitcoin News

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects the U.S. economy to experience high inflation for at least another year or two. “I would be careful about looking at one data point for the U.S.,” IMF Fir...

Senator Warren ‘Very Worried’ About Federal Reserve Raising Interest Rates, Tipping US Economy Into Recession – Economics Bitcoin News

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren says she is “very worried” that the Federal Reserve will tip the economy into recession. “There is nothing in raising the interest rates, nothing in Jerome Powell’s tool ...

Goldman Sachs Urges Investors to Buy Commodities Now — Expects Equities to Suffer as Inflation Stays Elevated – Economics Bitcoin News

Global investment bank Goldman Sachs has urged investors to buy commodities now and worry about a recession later. The firm’s analysts see commodities as “the best asset class to own during a late-cyc...

Natural Gas Prices Are Soaring on Russian Supply Cuts. The West Is Holding Firm.

Russia has cut European Union–bound natural-gas exports to 20% of last year’s level. Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg Text size Stymied for the moment on Ukraine’s battlefield, Vladimir Putin is escalating h...

Bitcoin Has Stumbled. That’s Not a Good Sign for Stocks.

Text size Bitcoin’s drop isn’t much of a surprise. Interest rates have risen in the past few weeks as markets worry that the Federal Reserve would keep lifting rates to combat high inflation. Risk ass...

ECB President Christine Lagarde Blames Climate Change for Europe’s Torrid Inflation – Economics Bitcoin News

According to the French politician currently serving as the president of the European Central Bank (ECB), Christine Lagarde, Europe’s scorching hot inflation can be blamed on climate change. During he...