As the calendar flips to the end of July 2025, the U.S. dollar has notched its strongest monthly performance since President Donald Trump began his second term in January. According to Bloomberg, the Bloomberg Dollar […]
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell today emphasized a cautious approach to monetary policy, stating the Fed is prepared to “wait and see” before adjusting interest rates, currently set at a range of 4.25% to 4.5%. […]
Weekly Daily Standup Top Stories Why Hasn’t Trump Hit Russia with More Sanctions? – Because it would hand the Mid-term elections to the Democrats June 1, 2025 Clark Savage I have been discussing this for months […]
Daily Standup Top Stories How big is the Alaska LNG Project? Glenfarne says more than 50 firms interested in Alaska LNG project June 4, 2025 Mariel Alumit The Alaska LNG Project: A Mega-Project for Energy Security […]
California, once a powerhouse of diverse and reliable energy production, is facing what many analysts call a self-inflicted energy crisis. Under Governor Gavin Newsom’s leadership since 2019, the state’s energy policies have accelerated the decline […]
Peter St Onge, Ph.D. is one of my favorite X personalities in the finance world. He just posted a great post, and it prompted me to do a little digging. I have also reached out […]
The BOJ’s QT, inflation that’s higher than in the US, an atrocious fiscal mess, a devalued yen, it all comes together. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. Japan, which now has substantially more inflation than the US – […]
And in April, their purchases of long-term securities at Treasury auctions increased. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. Buying US Treasury securities was all the rage among foreign investors in March, despite whatever turmoil there was in the […]
Quantitative Tightening has shed 25.2% of total assets. The Assets-to-GDP ratio declined to 22.4%, first seen in 2013. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. Total assets on the Fed’s balance sheet declined by $14 billion in April, to […]
Up-revisions pushed the 12-month core PCE price index for February to +3.0%, and the 6-month index to +3.4%, worst since July 2023. But March was benign? By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. The inflation measure released today for […]
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