Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, spoke at the Brookings Institute regarding … [+] inflation and the broader economy on November 30. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg © 2022 Bloo...
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Fed Chair Jerome Powell says smaller rate hikes could come in December
WASHINGTON – Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell confirmed Wednesday that smaller interest rate increases are likely ahead even as he sees progress in the fight against inflation as largely inadequ...
Powell Speech Preview: Markets Seek Dovish Tilt As Rate Bets Fade
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is set to deliver a key policy speech Wednesday in Washington in what could be the last major address from a central bank official prior to its December rate-set...
Powell Will Offer a New Mantra: Slow and Steady
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell will have an opportunity on Wednesday to lay the groundwork for where the central bank is headed when policy makers meet next month—and he’ll likely use it to ma...
Double-digit percentage drop will hit stocks in 2023: Morgan Stanley
Investors may be on the doorstep of a deep pullback. Morgan Stanley’s Mike Wilson, who has a S&P 500 year-end target of 3,900 for next year, warns corporate America is getting ready to unlea...
Fed’s shrinking of balance sheet via quantitative tightening is ‘a complete mistake,’ says Mizuho
The Federal Reserve’s attempt at shrinking its balance sheet through so-called quantitative tightening, or QT, is “a complete mistake,” according to Mizuho’s chief economist for the U.S. “There is a ...
U.S. stocks have worst day in nearly three weeks as hawkish Fed speak, China worries rattle markets
U.S. stocks had their worst day in nearly three weeks on Monday as protests in China raised global-growth risks and Federal Reserve officials said more interest-rate increases will be needed to subdue...
When’s The December CPI Report And What To Expect From It
Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, speaks during a news conference following a … [+] Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 202...
Why investors may want to add retail ETFs to their cart
‘Tis the season for shopping — and maybe for some investors: ETFs. Despite consumer headwinds tied to the economic slowdown, Amplify ETFs’ Brian Giere sees opportunities in retail. “...
Fed Minutes Offer Detail On Likely December 14 Rate Hike
Fed minutes from the November 1-2 2022 meeting, made clear the Fed’s continued focus on the risks of … [+] entrenched inflation. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg © 2022 Bloomberg Finance L...
Mortgage Demand Down Up To 88% From This Time Last Year
Nov. 17. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. Key Takeaways Mortgage refinance applications are down 88% since this time last year, with new mortgage applica...
Reasons to say ‘no’ to a store credit card offer this Black Friday
Prostock-studio | Istock | Getty Images In the rush at the store checkout this holiday season, you may be tempted to say yes when asked if you want to apply for a store credit card — especially if you...
Fed minutes November 2022:
Federal Reserve officials earlier this month agreed that smaller interest rate increases should happen soon as they evaluate the impact policy is having on the economy, meeting minutes released Wednes...
The Fed Minutes Are Today. Here’s What to Watch.
Federal Reserve officials have been laying the groundwork in recent weeks for the possibility that the central bank will ease off its aggressive monetary-policy tightening path and raise interest rate...
Mortgage demand rises as interest rates decline slightly
A home, available for sale, is shown on August 12, 2021 in Houston, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Mortgage applications rose 2.2% last week compared with the previous week, prompted by a slight d...
When Will The Bear Market End?
(Photo by DEA / G. CARFAGNA/De Agostini via Getty Images) De Agostini via Getty Images Key Takeaways The current bear market has now been running for just over ten months. This is longer than the aver...
Fed May Lift Interest Rates to 8%-9%, Economist Says
The big question raging through financial markets is how much more the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates. Since it began its rate-hike campaign in March, the Fed has lifted the federal funds r...
Fed’s Mester wants more progress on inflation before ending interest rate hikes
Cleveland Federal Reserve President Loretta Mester said Monday inflation will need to show more signs of progress before she’s ready to stop advocating for interest rate increases. While acknowl...
The Federal Reserve Is Surely Not the Cause of Silicon Valley’s Swinging Ax
While the exclamation “that’s impossible” gives rise to a lot of slammed doors in the normal world of commerce, it cannot be stressed enough that the business environment in Silicon Valley is anything...
Fed Tightening Is Having More Impact Than You Might Think
We’ve learned a lot about the transmission of disease in the past few years. Ideas, good and bad, are spread similarly. Robert Shiller, the Yale University Nobel laureate, wrote in Irrational Exuberan...
2-year Treasury yield reaches one-week high as traders assess likelihood of more Fed rate hikes
Treasury yields jumped on Friday, sending the 2-year rate to a one-week high, after Boston Fed President Susan Collins put another aggressive 75-basis-point rate hike on the table for December’s polic...
Collapse of Carvana, the ‘Amazon of Used Cars’, Continues
The sky is not clearing up for Carvana. On the contrary, big clouds continue to gather over the company which was one of the big winners of the covid-19 pandemic, with a massive growth. Since announ...
A year after the Nasdaq peak, why stocks could rally from here.
This weekend a year ago the Nasdaq Composite hit a record high. And why not. The Fed Funds rate was then effectively zero, while the central bank continued to buy assets, pumping liquidity into the ma...
Schwab’s Liz Ann Sonders Sees Trouble Still Ahead. Where to Invest Now.
Though the U.S. stock market looks healthier than it did during its rough patch over the summer, Charles Schwab Chief Investment Strategist Liz Ann Sonders sees potential trouble still ahead, especial...
Fed must keep raising rates until it is certain inflation has stopped climbing, Kashkari says
The Federal Reserve needs to keep raising interest rates until it is sure inflation has hit a ceiling, said Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari on Thursday. The central bank can’t be overly persua...
It’s Been a Rough Year for Stocks and Bonds. What to Do in 2023.
With more than a month to go, 2022 is all but certain to go down as an annus horribilis for both stocks and bonds. The crucial question for investors: What does that portend for the year ahead? The re...
Did Bullard undershoot? Stifel economists say fed funds rate may need to go to 8% or even 9%.
A day after a Federal Reserve official’s market-moving admission that interest rates may need to go to as high as 7%, analysts came up with an even more surprising conclusion: that 7% still won’t be h...
How to afford a mortgage as interest rates and home prices rise
It’s no secret that it’s a tough market for prospective home buyers. In October, U.S. buyers needed to earn $107,281 to afford the median monthly mortgage payment of $2,682 for a “ty...
Fed’s Collins expresses hope that inflation can be tamed without hitting jobs
Susan Collins, Boston Federal Reserve Source: Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Boston Federal Reserve President Susan Collins expressed confidence Friday that policymakers can tame inflation without doi...
Opinion: Opinion: What Bullard got wrong about a 7% fed funds (and why he said it anyway)
An influential Federal Reserve official briefly spooked the stock SPX, -0.31% and bond TMUBMUSD10Y, 3.769% markets on Thursday by warning that the central bank may have to raise interest rates much fu...
This is the chart that rattled U.S. financial markets on Thursday
One chart is all it took to move financial markets on Thursday. That chart was presented by St. Louis Fed President James Bullard as part of a presentation in Louisville, Ky., and it shows where he se...
20 dividend stocks with high yields that have become more attractive right now
Income-seeking investors are looking at an opportunity to scoop up shares of real estate investment trusts. Stocks in that asset class have become more attractive as prices have fallen and cash flow i...