She nails it with her list of inflation-fueling factors. It parallels what Powell said more softly at the press conference. The first three months of the year have produced a nasty re-acceleration of inflation in […]
Hundreds of small and regional banks across the U.S. are feeling stressed. “You could see some banks either fail or at least, you know, dip below their minimum capital requirements,” Christopher Wolfe, managing director and […]
Quantitative Tightening has removed 38% of Treasury securities and 27% of MBS that pandemic QE had added. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. Total assets on the Fed’s balance sheet fell by $77 billion in April, to $7.36 […]
What Powell Said about rate hikes, no rate cuts, rate cuts, and the QT slowdown while getting rid of MBS entirely. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. “Hike” and “rate hike” were mentioned 8 times by reporters and […]
New language: “In recent months, there has been a lack of further progress toward the Committee’s 2 percent inflation objective.” By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. The FOMC statement released today after its two-day meeting acknowledged for the […]
The S&P 500 index achieved its best first quarterly performance since 2019. Economic data, such as low unemployment and GDP growth, indicates positive conditions for corporate profitability. Geopolitical conflicts and rising bond yields contributed to […]
China is likely to pick security over prosperity. By Raja Krishnamoorthi, a Democrat from Illinois and the ranking member of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese […]
The latest macroeconomic data released by the US Department of Commerce indicates that the country’s economy could be moving towards stagflation, Business Insider has reported. The gloomy signs hint at tough challenges ahead, the outlet […]
As the Chinese accumulate more and more gold, they’re dumping U.S. Treasuries. That raises an important question: who is going to keep funding the federal government’s borrowing spree? China offloaded another $22.7 billion in U.S. Treasuries […]
ENB Pub Note: This is a travesty and should be recognized as such. The bill contains things that only a uni-party would want devastating to United States Citizens. The US House of Representatives advanced a $95 […]
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