Quick Take U.S. two-year yields set for the largest two-session drop since 1987, according to Zerohedge. Since last night, S&P futures have given up all their gains; contagion has further spread i...
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S&P, Nasdaq, Dow trade mixed as investors brace for a swift Fed tightening cycle
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed marginally down on Wednesday, March 8, as the market battled to recover from Tuesday’s selloff. In particular, the closing price for the Dow was 32,798.41, a d...
Here Are 2 Stocks That Could Benefit From the Fed’s Tightening Policy
Inflation remains high, and that was on the mind of Jerome Powell as the Federal Reserve chair gave testimony to the Senate Banking committee today. Powell made it clear that the central bank is likel...
January PCE Does Not Warrant More Aggressive Tightening
Depressing economic news is everywhere. getty The recent release of the January PCE (personal consumption expenditures) inflation figures sparked the now all-too-familiar scary inflation headlines. Bu...
C’mon Fed – Stop Calling Negative Real Rates Tightening
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell speaks at The Economic Club of Washington, D.C. on … [+] February 7, 2023 (Photo by Julia Nikhinson/Getty Images) Getty Images The FOMC (Federal Rese...
3 lessons from the current global tightening cycle to apply in the FX market
One major central bank announced its monetary policy this week – the Reserve Bank of New Zealand. It moved the cash rate to 4.75%, raising it by another 50bp. Yet, the New Zealand dollar barely moved....
Why Tightening Correlation With S&P 500 Could Be Bullish For Bitcoin
The correlation between the S&P 500 and Bitcoin is only increasing, inching closer to reaching levels where in the past the cryptocurrency strengthened. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 just closed its...
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 ...
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...
Investors: Federal Reserve’s Inflation Fight Moves From ‘Passive’ To ‘Active’ Tightening
Fed Chair Jerome Powell Delivers Semiannual Monetary Report At Senate Hearing on June 22, 2022 in … [+] Washington, DC (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) Getty Images The Federal Reserve’...
Wall Street sees tightening of regulatory screws after FTX crypto catastrophe
Wall Street may not have seen the FTX debacle coming, but veterans of traditional finance recognize that once the dust settles there will be a new crypto paradigm. “Wall Street is clearly spook...
Coinbase CEO Criticizes Singapore For Tightening Regulations On Retail Trading
Recently, the CEO of Coinbase, Brian Armstrong, attended the Singapore Fintech Festival (SFF) 2022 event. On this occasion, he stated that regulation can protect retail users of the crypto assets whil...
Here’s the Inevitable Outcome From the Fed’s Monetary Tightening
On Wednesday the Federal Reserve hiked the Fed Funds rate by another 75bps. Stocks initially rallied as the statement that accompanied the announcement was interpreted to be ‘dovish’. Howe...
These 8 stocks can withstand the Fed’s tightening cycle
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Tuesday offered investors a list of stocks that he thinks will weather the market turbulence ahead. Here are his picks: Constellation Brands Eli Lilly Mondelez Kraft Kellogg...
Morgan Stanley’s Wilson Says End of Fed Tightening Nearing
(Bloomberg) — The end of the Federal Reserve’s campaign to raise interest rates is approaching, according to Morgan Stanley strategist Michael Wilson, who until recently was a prominent stock ma...
Another jumbo Fed rate hike is expected next week — and then life gets difficult for Powell
First the easy part. Economists widely expect Federal Reserve monetary-policy makers to approve a fourth straight jumbo interest-rate rise at its meeting next week. A hike of three-quarters of a perce...
President Xi’s Tightening Grip On China Could Boost Some Chinese Stocks
Xi Jinping’s presidency will continue for a third five-year term, scaring investors concerned about his crackdown on China’s tech companies in recent years. Getty Images Chinese president ...
Chinese Markets Tumble as Xi’s Tightening Grip Alarms Investors
(Bloomberg) — China’s yuan weakened and country’s stocks tumbled to the lowest level since the depths of the 2008 global financial crisis in Hong Kong, a stark rebuke of President Xi Jinping’s m...
Fed’s benchmark interest rate may peak above 5% after Sept inflation data, some economists think
When the Federal Reserve started to raise its benchmark policy interest rate by super-sized 0.75 percentage points in June this year, a few Fed officials and private sector economists talked about how...
Summers Urges Fed to Keep Tightening, Even as ‘Collision’ Looms
(Bloomberg) — Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers said it’s important for the Federal Reserve to deliver on the further monetary tightening it has signaled, even in the face of financial ...
If Fed reduces tightening, bitcoin and crypto to rebound
With the U.S. midterm elections approaching, and world economies in free fall towards recession, there are signs that the Federal Reserve will either reduce future rate hikes or go into pause mode. Cr...
Fed’s Williams sees steep decline in inflation ahead
Cooling global demand and steady improvements in supply should result in falling rates of inflation for goods over the next year, New York Fed President John Williams said Monday. “These factors shoul...
Fed Should End Tightening After One More Rate Hike, Yardeni Says
(Bloomberg) — Things are already breaking in financial markets, as signaled by a relentless rally in the dollar, and the Federal Reserve should consider stopping its tightening campaign after on...
‘We are in deep trouble’: Billionaire investor Druckenmiller believes Fed’s monetary tightening will push the economy into recession in 2023
Billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller sees a “hard landing” for the U.S. economy by the end of 2023 as the Federal Reserve’s aggressive monetary tightening will result in a recession. “I will be...
Four Reasons Why The Federal Reserve Is Tightening Into A Recession
What is Jerome Powell thinking? Getty Images For the first time since the early 1980s, the Federal Reserve is tightening into a recession. The economy is slowing quickly, and leading economic indicato...
Stock Market Gloom ‘Worse Than Ever’ As Fed Signals It May Keep Tightening Until Recession
Topline Fed officials on Thursday reiterated calls for aggressive policy to combat stubbornly high inflation—fueling expectations for bigger rate hikes amid a stock-market selloff that’s seen major in...
Bank of England Suspends Tightening Policy as Pound Nosedives — Central Bank to Start Purchasing Long-Dated UK Government Bonds – Economics Bitcoin News
Following the extremely volatile European markets during the past few days and the euro and pound dropping rapidly against the U.S. dollar, the Bank of England has decided to intervene in bond markets...
Singapore strives to remain relevant amid regulatory tightening for retail investors
Singapore’s largest bank, DBS, has announced another move to expand its crypto services while remaining cautious in complying with the financial authorities’ view that crypto assets are no...
Fed approves third large interest rate hike and signals more before year-end
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday stepped up its aggressive fight against high inflation by agreeing to the third straight super-sized increase in interest rates and signaling more big hikes before the...
US CPI eases but narrative shifts towards further tightening
The BLS released the latest CPI figures earlier today, with consumer inflation easing to 8.3% Y-o-Y for the month of August. As noted in my earlier article, July’s CPI was recorded at 8.5%. Although t...
UNI/USD corrects high despite tightening bearish momentum
Uniswap price analysis reveals that the UNI/USD value has been on a steady decline over the past few hours. The value has now dipped below the $7.00 level and is currently trading at $6.56. This downw...