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Banks to Inform Reserve Board Before Engaging in Crypto Activity, Fed Warns
The US Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System on Tuesday released new information that directed Fed-supervised banks to ensure they check first that any cryptocurrency activities they want t...
Why The Fed Will Require Banks To Report Crypto Activity
The U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) issued a letter on banking institutions participating in crypto-related activity and potentially adopting digital assets. The financial institution claimed that the nasc...
Fed Releases Final Guidance for Crypto Firms Asking To Open Master Account
Crypto firms have received a final guideline to open accounts and payment services that Federal Reserve Banks offer. The Fed published this guideline on August 15. It further revealed that several ins...
Fed to issue long-awaited guidelines for granting master accounts to crypto banks
The United States Federal Reserve Board announced Monday that it had finalized its guidelines for the factors reserve banks are to consider when reviewing requests for Federal Reserve accounts and pay...
Dow Jones Futures Fall: Fed Minutes, Home Depot, Walmart Earnings Up Next
Dow Jones futures were lower after Monday’s stock market action. Dow Jones stocks Home Depot (HD) and Walmart (WMT) will report ahead of Tuesday’s open followed by key economic data — Fed ...
Fed Could Give Crypto Banks Access To Legacy Banking System
According to a press release, the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) might provide crypto banks and other entities with access to Federal Reserve accounts and payment services. Following two proposals from th...
Fed Still Has A ‘Long Way To Go’ As It Tries To Tame Inflation Without Causing A Recession, Goldman Predicts
Topline While the Federal Reserve has made progress cooling the economy, there has still been “little convincing progress” in bringing down wage growth and high inflation, according to analysts at Gol...
Goldman sees a ‘feasible but difficult path’ for the Fed to defeat inflation without a recession
Construction workers outside the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Building, photographed on Wednesday, July 27, 2022 in Washington, DC. Kent Nishimura | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images The Federal ...
Yield Curve Inversion Deepens And Lengthens, Upping Recession Chances
NEW YORK, NY – MARCH 06: Traders work the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on March 6, … [+] 2020 in New York City. Stocks fell for a second day as investors seek refuge in gove...
Fed Minutes May Reveal Inclinations on Size of Next Rate Hike
(Bloomberg) — An account of the debate at the Federal Reserve’s July policy meeting, set to be published after two weeks of whiplash on Wall Street, will probably offer clues as to what would pu...
Stocks Could Keep Rising If the Fed Shows Restraint
Text size As the market rebounds, speculative stocks are stirring. For proof, consider Cathie Wood’s ARK Innovation ETF, up about 40% since mid-June. David Swanson/Reuters/Alamy What bear market? Stoc...
Here’s why Cathie Wood believes the Fed will actually cut rates in 2023 — plus 3 stocks she likes right now to capitalize
‘The economy is very weak’: Here’s why Cathie Wood believes the Fed will actually cut rates in 2023 — plus 3 stocks she likes right now to capitalize In an effort to tame rampant inflation, the ...
What Industries Do Well In An L-Shaped Recession?
Getty Images Key takeaways Credit Suisse analyst Zoltan Pozsar sees the U.S. economy diving into an L-shaped recession before inflation eases An L-shaped recession occurs when the economy plunges and ...
Dollar Softens as CPI Data Changes Fed Rate-Hike Expectations
Updated Aug. 10, 2022 1:36 pm ET | WSJ Pro 13:24 ET – Weaker-than-expected CPI has changed the market’s view of the Fed’s rate-increase trajectory over the next year or so, Bruce Clark, senior m...
Fed expected to stick with hawkish interest rate hikes, strategists say
The Federal Reserve is unlikely to pivot from its hawkish interest rate hikes despite positive signs this week that inflation in the U.S. could be easing, according to market strategists. On Thursday,...
July PPI Declines As Energy Falls, But Fed’s Inflation Challenge Remains
FILE – The sun sets behind an idle pump jack near Karnes City, USA, April 8, 2020. Oil markets have … [+] been fluctuating over fears of lost supplies from Russia because of the war in Ukr...
Inflation is easing but Fed won’t in any ‘significant manner’
U.S. Fed is unlikely to slam the breaks on raising rates even though inflation seems to be easing, says Mohamed El-Erian. He’s the Chief Economic Advisor at Allianz. El-Erian’s remarks on CNBC’s ‘Squa...
US CPI eases substantially to 8.5% but the Fed yet to “hit the brakes”
US consumers received a welcome break from the meteoric rise in prices with the July CPI ‘easing’ more than anticipated to 8.5% Y-o-Y. The figure moderated from 9.1% in June owing to a fal...
Inflation Eased Last Month More Than Expected
AFP via Getty Images Key takeaways Investors spent Monday and Tuesday gearing up for the inflation report this week, released early Wednesday Analysts and economist inflation expectations showed July’...
BoE and US Fed Release Their Historical Data, Supporting the GBP/USD Pair
GBP/USD trading pair caught a lot of attention with the Bank of England and the US Federal Reserve doing their best to support it after a losing but eventful week. Forex brokers keep their eyes on the...
Fed reverse repo reaches $2.3T, but what does it mean for crypto investors?
The U.S. Federal Reserve (FED) recently initiated an attempt to reduce its $8.9 trillion balance sheet by halting billions of dollars worth of treasuries and bond purchases. The measures were implemen...
Inflation could push Fed into August rate hike
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Monday said the Federal Reserve could raise interest rates in August, before its next scheduled meeting in September, if this week’s economic data shows that inflation...
Statistics Are Mixed But On Balance Say The Economy Is Weak
Ambiguous economic chart. (Photo by Daniel ROLAND / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL ROLAND/AFP via Getty … [+] Images) AFP via Getty Images If you listen to the White House, you hear that the economy is s...
Stock-market investors wrestle with ‘boomflation’ after hot July jobs report
The worry instead turned to what a rip-roaring labor market and surging costs for everything means for stocks and bond portfolios, particularly if it turns into a mix of higher growth and inflation wi...
Fed Governor Bowman sees ‘similarly sized’ rate hikes ahead after three-quarter point moves
Federal Reserve Bank Governor Michelle Bowman gives her first public remarks as a Federal policymaker at an American Bankers Association conference In San Diego, California, February 11 2019. Ann Saph...
Bond markets complicate Fed moves after blowout jobs report
Bond yields ripped higher after new employment data showed the U.S. economy adding a breakneck 528,000 jobs in the month of July. Emily Roland, co-chief investment strategist at John Hancock Investmen...
The Fed Is About to Ramp Up Balance-Sheet Shrinkage. It May Get Dicey.
Fed Chairman Jerome Powell, shown during a postmeeting press conference late last month, has suggested balance-sheet shrinkage may go on for up to 2½ years. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Text size There i...
‘The Fed got itself into a cognitive trap’
The Bank of England announced its biggest rate hike since 1995 on Thursday, following the lead of the Federal Reserve in the U.S., which has been raising rates to respond to skyrocketing inflation. Bu...
Stocks Fall Despite Strong Jobs Report As Investors Fear Bigger Fed Rate Hikes
Topline The stock market fell Friday after the U.S. economy added back a better-than-expected 528,000 jobs in July, with investors now anticipating that a strong labor market will keep the Federal Res...
Arthur Hayes predicts Ethereum will reach $5K after merge if Fed pivots
BitMEX’s founder Arthur Hayes has predicted that Ethereum’s (ETH) price could rise to $5,000 if the merge upgrade is successful and the Federal Reserve goes ahead with its pivot. Hayes also revealed t...