A few days ago a press release was published on the official website of the Federal Reserve (Fed), or the U.S. Central Bank, stating that crypto-assets are an opportunity for banks. The official stat...
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US Futures, Crude Drop as Fed Outlook Takes a Toll: Markets Wrap
(Bloomberg) — Stocks in Asia may struggle Monday on escalating threats to global economic growth, in particular the Federal Reserve’s commitment to tighter monetary settings to quell inflation. ...
Markets Now Expect 50bps Hike At September Fed Meeting
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference at the Federal Reserve Board … [+] building in Washington, Wednesday, July 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) Copyrig...
Despite What You’re Told, Banks Do Not ‘Create Money’
In addressing what’s ridiculous, it’s probably best to start with something basic. Let’s imagine you the reader possess $1,000 in cash. As the owner of those funds you have no limits on what you can d...
Fed Rate Hike Unclear, Bitcoin Falls Below $21,000
The largest cryptocurrency, bitcoin, tumbled more than 9 percent to below $21,000, hitting a new low in late July. Bitcoin also posted its biggest one-day drop since June. Bitcoin fell with U.S. stock...
It Doesn’t Seem Imminent—But The Housing Market Collapse Deepens As Fed Officials Warn ‘Economy Will Slow’
Topline Cooling inflation has helped temper concerns of an imminent recession, particularly as the job market continues to show historic strength, but a worsening housing market collapse and vast unce...
Bloodbath Anticipated for the Crypto Markets ahead of FED Rate Hikes
The global crypto market cap seems to have again lost its bullish stance, and the top assets- Bitcoin and Ethereum- have begun to shed all their gains. In just one hour, Bitcoin and Ethereum have drop...
Crypto Market Falls Under $1.1T As Investors Frustrated By Mixed Fed Signals On the Rate Increase
– Advertisement – As Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies continue to Slump, Crypto Investors Loss $605 Million in 24 Hours. Earlier today, just as the market was headed towards recovery a...
Crypto Market Plummets, Will The Hawkish Fed Create New Lows
Bitcoin and Ethereum rallies have lost their momentum. Bitcoin and ETH prices have fallen by 4% in the last one hour alone. BTC has declined by over 6% in the last 24 hours and is currently trading at...
The Stock Market Calls The End Of The “Recession”
Stock Market AFP via Getty Images Here’s one important thing to remember: all recessions are backdated. If our economy is indeed in one, when the NBER formally declares it, we’ll likely be most of the...
Bitcoin Tumbles As Fed Opts For Restrictive Rates
The price trend for Bitcoin seems to be moving with the set rates of the US Federal Reserve. BTC plunged shortly after the Federal Reserve’s July meeting. However, from the minutes released on Wednesd...
Fed Issues Additional Information for Participation In The Crypto Markets ⋆ ZyCrypto
Advertisement     Despite the fall in crypto prices that have seen the global total crypto market cap drop from approximately US$2.4 trillion at the start of this year...
Fed Officials Offer Mixed Signals on Size of September Rate Hike
(Bloomberg) — US central bankers offered divergent signals over the size of the next interest-rate hike, with St. Louis’s James Bullard urging another 75 basis-point move while Kansas City’s Est...
Bitcoin pierde tendencia alcista a medida que la Fed prevé tasas restrictivas por mucho tiempo
Los traders de futuros de fondos de la Fed ya no ven que el banco central cambie a recortes de tasas el próximo año, según Michael Kramer, de Mott Capital Management, sino que esperan que las tasas al...
Central Bank Hawkishness Hasn’t Faded Yet Despite Lower Inflation
Fed Chairman Jerome Powell. More interest rate hikes to curb inflation. As it is now, anyone who got … [+] a 5% raise last year has last it all, and then some. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images...
Jobless claims edge lower as Fed looks to cool labor market
A “We’re Hiring” sign is posted at a Target store on August 05, 2022 in San Rafael, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Initial filings for unemployment benefits declined slig...
Dow Futures Steady as Fed Signals Need to Keep Raising Interest Rates
Text size Federal Reserve officials agreed they need to keep raising interest rates to cool inflation. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images Stock futures fluctuated Th...
US Futures Drop as Optimism Over Fed Minutes Wanes: Markets Wrap
(Bloomberg) — U.S. equity-index futures declined, and European stocks wobbled, after the Federal Reserve signaled a delicate balancing act that would see inflation-busting rate hikes continue de...
Fed Governor Touts FedNow as Alternative to CBDC
Key Takeaways Governor Michelle Bowman said today that the Federal Reserve’s FedNow service could be ready by mid-2023. She suggested that the payments service addresses the need for a central b...
Did the stock market ‘misinterpret’ Fed again? What strategists say about the reaction to the July minutes
Minutes from the Federal Reserve’s meeting in July — at which policy makers hiked the benchmark interest rate by 75 basis points, indicate stock-market participants were too quick to price in a “less ...
Fed Minutes Lean on Inflation, Jobs Data For Rate Hike Direction
Updated at 4:20 pm EST The Federal Reserve is likely to use incoming data, as opposed to a preferred policy path, to determine the size of future rate hikes, minutes from the central bank’s July...
Fed minutes July 2022:
Federal Reserve officials at their July meeting indicated they likely would not consider pulling back on interest rate hikes until inflation came down substantially, according to minutes from the sess...
Bitcoin y ether caen mientras analistas temen un ajuste monetario de la Fed para 2023
La Fed elevó las tasas en 75 puntos básicos al rango de 2,25%-2,5% y abandonó la orientación a futuro, diciendo que los próximos movimientos dependerán de los datos. Desde entonces, los mercados han e...
Dow Jones Lower Ahead Of Fed Minutes; Retail Sales Miss Expectations
The Dow Jones Industrial Average traded lower in the first half of Wednesday’s session, reversing a five-day winning streak that cut across its 200-day moving average. Meanwhile, market players ...
Fed Officials Pledge More Big Rate Hikes Until There Is A ‘Meaningful’ Decline In Inflation
Topline The Federal Reserve reaffirmed that it is unlikely to take its foot off the pedal as it continues to raise interest rates until inflation eases in a meaningful way, with officials indicating t...
Fed Issues Guidelines For Crypto Banks
New guidelines provide a consistent and transparent process The updated process will create a three-tiered system Tier 1 would be insured federally The U.S Federal Reserve distributed what it called l...
How To Get Started Investing With Your Stimulus Check
Getty Images Key takeaways More than 15 states are issuing new stimulus checks and/or tax rebates to help offset soaring inflation Meanwhile, unemployment rates returned to pre-pandemic lows in July D...
Celsius CEO ‘took control’ of trading strategy in January and clashed with staff: FT
Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky “took control” of the firm’s trading strategy in January on a hunch that the US Federal Reserve would raise interest rates, according to a report by the Financia...
U.S. stock futures slip from 3-month highs as traders await Fed minutes and retail sales data
U.S. stock futures fell back from recent highs as bulls held their fire ahead of the release of Fed minutes later on Wednesday How are stock-index futures trading S&P 500 futures ES00 ES00, -0.74%...
Opinion: Stop misreading the Fed: It’s not getting cold feet about wrestling inflation to the ground
The Federal Reserve isn’t as mysterious as it’s made out to be. It’s not hiding coded messages in its communications. It’s not using obscure metaphors that seem to say one thing but actually mean the ...