Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on February 16, 2022 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Stock futures were little changed in overnight trading as investors ...
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Top 2 stocks to consider before Fed interest rate hikes this year
The Fed has announced that there will be rate hikes this year. We are not sure how many but there is talk that the central bank will be more aggressive. This comes as inflation continues to be a huge ...
Fed Minutes Signal March Interest Rate Hike Still On Track
Topline Minutes from the Federal Reserve’s most recent meeting showed that the central bank is still on track to raise interest rates next month but gave no indication about how aggressively officials...
Stocks pare losses after Fed meeting minutes
Stocks pared losses Wednesday afternoon after the Federal Reserve’s latest meeting minutes provided some more clarity on the central bank’s thinking about addressing inflationary pressures...
A $45 billion credit fund manager says the Fed is ‘way, way, way behind the curve’ on inflation
(Click here to subscribe to the new Delivering Alpha newsletter.) Lawrence Golub helms one of the largest private credit shops in the alternative finance space. His eponymous firm, Golub Capital, has ...
Bitcoin dips before Fed rate hike cues amid warning over $9T balance sheet
Bitcoin (BTC) fell into the Wall Street open on Feb. 16 as markets held their breath over upcoming comments from the United States Federal Reserve. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: Tra...
Fed up with rise in thefts and shoplifting, small biz owners take action
They are brazen, aggressive and seemingly acting without a care in the world. Shoplifters are hurting big retailers and chain stores, even reportedly forcing some locations in New York City and San Fr...
PBOC Gets The Green Light To Ease As Inflation Moderates
China Last Night KraneShares Key News Asian equities had a strong day except for India’s small decline on Russia/Ukraine de-escalation hopes. China and Hong Kong had a good day driven by declining Chi...
Top 3 contrarian ETFs as the Fed prepares to raise interest rates
The Federal Reserve is expected to start hiking interest rates in March – or earlier – as consumer inflation jumps. A hawkish Fed is expected to have major implications for top assets like stocks and ...
St. Louis Fed President Says Central Bank’s ‘Credibility Is On the Line’ as US Inflation Surges – Economics Bitcoin News
Inflation continues to grip American wallets, according to a recent economic analysis from Moody’s Analytics, which shows inflation is likely costing the average U.S. household between $250 to $276 pe...
The Fed Is As Much In The Dark As The Rest Of Us
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has no surefire playbook at his disposal (Photo by ANDREW … [+] CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) AFP via Getty Images “The Fed Is About To Make A Massive Policy E...
Vote on Biden Fed picks delayed as GOP presses for answers on Raskin ties to firm
A Republican boycott Tuesday held up a Senate committee vote on the appointment of a top banking regulator and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. Sen. Sherrod Brown, head of the Senate Banking Co...
This Is The Best Pullback Opportunity I’ve Seen Yet
Page of newspaper with words municipal bonds. Trading concept. getty We’ve got a pullback-driven (and tax-free!) dividend opportunity waiting for us now, and we can thank the Fed’s looming rate hikes ...
Glassnode reveals investors hedging against possible dip if Fed hikes interest rates
Glassnode, an on-chain data analysis platform, has revealed that cryptocurrency investors are taking measures to hedge against the potential risk of a market slump next month after the US Federal Rese...
Stock futures are little changed as Russia-Ukraine tensions and Fed rate hike worries simmer
Traders on the floor of the NYSE, Feb. 4, 2022. Source: NYSE U.S. stock futures were flat on Monday night, as traders kept an eye on simmering tensions between Russia and Ukraine while weighing the po...
Could The Fed Do A Double Hike Next Month? The Markets Think So
WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 29: The markets expect to see a Fed hike next month, but by how much? … [+] (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images) Getty Images Often the Fed moves rates up or down ...
Stock futures are slightly lower as Wall Street weighs Russia-Ukraine tensions, potential Fed rate hikes
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, January 18, 2022. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Stock futures dipped slightly Sunday evening as investors continued to mo...
Could the Fed convene a surprise meeting to hike interest rates? The markets are beginning to price it in, and it’s walloping stocks
The hottest inflation in 40 years is scrambling markets logic—and risk assets are paying the price. Mere hours after yesterday’s CPI—a.k.a., the consumer price index, or the measure of how much more A...
Bond Veterans Say Market Wrong to See Fed Hikes Ending Near 2%
(Bloomberg) — To a growing faction of Wall Street bond veterans, investors are making a major miscalculation by betting the Federal Reserve’s coming cycle of interest-rate hikes will end with it...
Investors ‘Losing Confidence’ After Latest Inflation Surge—How Aggressive Could Rate Hikes Be?
Topline As markets grapple with concerns about how quickly the Federal Reserve will reverse its pandemic-era policy, investment banks are warning clients the central bank may need to move more aggress...
Fed Should Hold Immediate Meeting to End Asset Purchases, Summers Says
(Bloomberg) — Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers said that the Federal Reserve ought to hold an immediate meeting to end its quantitative easing program — now scheduled to end next...
Caitlin Long’s Wyoming Crypto Bank Takes a Step Toward Fed Membership
“If the access is granted, these institutions may introduce increased risks to the financial system,” according to the minutes of the meeting. SPDIs, the document noted, “hold uninsu...
Jeffrey Gundlach says the Fed is ‘obviously behind the curve,’ will raise rates more than expected
Jeffrey Gundlach speaking at the 2019 SOHN Conference in New York on May 6th, 2019. Adam Jeffery | CNBC DoubleLine Capital CEO Jeffrey Gundlach said Friday the Federal Reserve is failing in its battle...
The Fed is still likely to take a measured approach to rate hikes despite calls for bigger action
The Federal Reserve building in Washington, January 26, 2022. Joshua Roberts | Reuters Several Federal Reserve officials, both privately and publicly, are pushing back against calls by St. Louis Fed P...
The Yield Curve Could Invert In 2022, Here’s Why That Spooks Markets
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MARCH 09: Yield curve inversion markets to markets and could happen in 2022 on … [+] the bond market’s current trajectory (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) G...
Inflation is ‘out of control,’ and it may make the Fed trigger happy: Morning Brief
This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Friday, February 11, 2022 No rest for inflation we...
U.S. inflation data like a ‘punch in the stomach’ for the Fed: Citi
The latest U.S. January inflation data came in like a “punch in the stomach” for the Federal Reserve, which raises the possibility for an aggressive 50 basis points rate hike in March, the...
U.S. Inflation Spikes Higher For January, As Markets See Fed Action In 2022
WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 24: January’s inflation data is unlikely to make make happy reading for … [+] Fed Chair Powell who is already planning to raise rates (Photo by Drew Angere...
Inflation Spiked 7.5% In January—Hitting Nearly 40-Year High
Topline Consumer prices rose 7.5% in the 12 months ending in January, according to data released Thursday by the Labor Department, climbing more than economists expected amid an inflationary surge tha...
On The Report Published By The Boston Fed And MIT
Project Hamilton is a High Performance Payment Processing System Designed for Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC). Before we get excited, the authors of the highly anticipated technical paper confi...
University of Michigan provost named as next head of the Boston Fed
The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston today announced that Dr. Susan M. Collins will be its next president, CEO. Courtesy: Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. The Boston Federal Reserve, which is heading the...