The stock market was sharply lower in afternoon trading Wednesday after the minutes from the March Federal Reserve meeting showed the Fed is ready to shrink its balance sheet by $95 billion a month. T...
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Fed primed to jack up interest rates in 1/2-point steps if inflation stays high
The Federal Reserve signaled its plans to increase a key U.S. interest rate by 1/2 percentage point steps at upcoming meetings if inflation remains high or gets even worse, according to minutes of the...
Fed must ‘inflict more losses’ on stock-market investors to tame inflation, says former central banker
So much for the Fed put. “‘It’s hard to know how much the U.S. Federal Reserve will need to do to get inflation under control. But one thing is certain: To be effective, it’ll have to inflict more los...
Dow Jones Futures Fall As ‘Rapid’ Fed Shift Hits Market Rally; Elon Musk Steals Trump’s Thunder
Dow Jones futures fell solidly early Wednesday, along with S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures, while Treasury yields continued to rise sharply. The stock market rally retreated and Treasury yields...
South Korea’s ‘Kimchi Premium’ Evaporates; Major Cryptos Tumble on Fed Minutes, Continued Global Uncertainty
In an interview with CoinDesk TV’s “First Mover” program, Scott Freeman, co-founder and partner of financial services firm JST Capital, suggested the global unrest was hurting bitcoi...
How fast could the Fed shrink its balance sheet?
The market has priced in another 225 basis points increase in the interest rates, says Bleakley Advisory Group CIO. The central bank is yet to pull on the other lever at its disposal though. Boockvar&...
here’s what to expect from the Fed minutes
Silver price is hovering below the crucial support-turn-resistance level of $24.50 ahead of the FOMC meeting minutes scheduled for release later on Wednesday. As at the time of writing, the precious m...
Fed minutes March 2022 meetings:
Federal Reserve officials discussed how they want to reduce their trillions in bond holdings at their March meeting, with a consensus amount around $95 billion, minutes released Wednesday showed. Offi...
More Fed Officials Are Sounding The Alarm On Inflation And Spooking Markets
Topline An increasing number of Federal Reserve officials have recently spooked markets by warning about the economic impact of decades-high inflation and how the central bank will need to aggressivel...
European Stocks Set for Retracement Following Hawkish Fed Sentiments & Fresh Russian Sanctions
The Fed plan to reduce its balance sheet and raise interest rates is already impacting European stocks, with several indexes set to decline. European stocks may likely pullback following a new wave of...
Bitcoin and Stocks Dip on Fed and Russia Oil Sanctions Speculation – Trustnodes
Bitcoin fell just below $44,000 on line with Nasdaq and other stocks that are seeing red for the past two days after a green Monday opening. Bitcoin started falling on Tuesday from $47,000, with it co...
Fed Fears Weigh On Foreign Sentiment Though Not Chinese Sentiment
China Last Night KraneShares Key News Thailand chose the right day to be on a market holiday as Asian equities took a one-two punch from Fed Gov Brainerd’s statement that US interest rates will rise i...
ETH, SP500, and the Fed- what their movements mean for crypto investors
Asset correlations can put a lot of investors on edge, and sometimes, rightly so. For several months, analysts were probing and critiquing Bitcoin for its correlation to more traditional non-crypto st...
Why Was the Stock Market Down Today? A Fed Official’s Speech Tanked the Market.
Text size Federal Reserve Gov. Lael Brainard said she expects policy to return “to a more neutral position later this year.” Drew Angerer/Getty Images Tech stocks and bond markets both sold off on Tue...
Dallas Fed sees signs of a housing bubble
A housing bubble could be brewing, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, as home prices “are again becoming unhinged from fundamentals.” The housing market has been showing signs of exubera...
Stocks fall following remarks from Fed governor signaling tougher action on inflation
U.S. stocks faltered on Tuesday, dragged down by losses in tech, as investors weighed remarks by Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard that indicated policymakers were ready to act more aggressively ...
Key people from the Fed just spooked the markets — here’s what they said
If there was any question about where the Federal Reserve stands on the key issue of the day — inflation — two important officials brought even more clarity on Tuesday. Fed Governor Lael Brainard and ...
Stock futures inch higher ahead of Fed minutes release
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, March 30, 2022. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Stock futures inched higher in overnight trading Tuesday as investors await th...
Bond Misery Priced In?
As interest rates rise, bonds have taken it on the chin. Bonds lose value when prevailing rates climb because new bonds then carry higher rates, making existing bonds less attractive. With bonds down ...
U.S. economy will fall into a recession this summer, as inflation eats into consumer spending, former Fed official warns
Higher inflation will force consumers to limit their spending by so much that the economy will slump into a recession by the July-September quarter, former Federal Reserve Governor Lawrence Lindsey sa...
Fed to hike rates ‘higher than the markets expect’
The head of the largest U.S. bank said markets are underestimating the speed by which he expects the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates. In a letter to shareholders released Monday, JPMorgan Chas...
Cathie Wood Urges Caution About Fed Raising Rates
The asset manager Cathie Wood, chief executive of Ark Wealth Management, has expressed opposition to much more in the way of interest-rate increases from the Federal Reserve. Her thoughts came in a we...
Dimon Calls for More Sanctions on Russia, Expresses Pity for Fed
(Bloomberg) — JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon called for ratcheting up sanctions against Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine and said the Federal Reserve m...
Inverting Yield Curve Signals High Stakes for Fed and Investors
(Bloomberg) — Any hope that the Treasury market’s biggest quarterly loss had priced in a worst-case scenario for inflation and Federal Reserve rate hikes is looking increasingly illusory. Most R...
As the Fed Raises Interest Rates, and Other Central Banks Don’t, What Will That Mean for U.S. Stocks?
The Federal Reserve’s recent decision to begin raising interest rates stands in contrast to many other central banks around the world, which are keeping their baseline interest rates flat or lowering ...
This Recession Indicator Is Flashing Warning Signs As Fed, War And Oil Threaten Economic Recovery
Topline The widely observed yield curve, which measures the difference in interest rates between short-term and long-term bonds, has inverted this week—signaling a looming recession—and though many ex...
The Fed Has Begun Raising Interest Rates. Here’s When It Will Start to Cut.
Text size The Fed is battling inflation. Gasoline prices are a big part of the problem. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Financial markets deserve their reputation for focusing on the future. Investors are loo...