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The Federal Reserve cut interest rates for the first time in over a decade Wednesday. And Jerome Powell left the door open for future cuts.
Peter Schiff broke it all down on his most recent podcast, saying this is the first interest rate cut on th
Just over eight months since Fed Chair Powell panicked and pivoted as global stocks (and bond yields) tumbled, the flip-flop is complete as The Fed has cut rates (by 25bps) for the first time since Dec 2008 (and cut the IOER to 2.1% from 2.35%).
As outlined this weekend put call ratios are fairly low and benign going into this week's Fed meeting. No worries.
Investor positioning? All in long it appears.
Despite the Internet, Americans remain trapped in the Republican/Democrat pit, arguing with one another about whatever the ridiculous outrage of the day happens to be. Meanwhile, as the latest budget proves, everyone is getting their pockets cleaned
If the Fed thought its life was complicated before, when it was expected to cut rates even as the US economy was firing on all cylinders and humming along, Powell's problems just hit nightmare level, following a Q2 GDP print that not only came in far
Economist John Williams says be careful what you wish for when it comes to Federal Reserve interest rate cuts. Williams explains, "Unless you can get a good healthy consumer, you are not going to get a good healthy economy.
Josh Sigurdson talks with former head contender for the Federal Reserve Stephen Moore as many questions the current state of the economy and whether we are heading into a recession. Stephen Moore has been considered the top critic of the Federal Rese
Thursday was a Red Letter day for that old "you don't say!" riposte. We are referring to the obvious response to Powell's black and white confession to the Senate Banking Committee yesterday that more people working doesn't cause inflation.
We have been surprised over recent weeks to read a slue of commentary proclaiming that the economy is in great shape and Fed Chairman Powell is just pandering to markets by signaling rate cut(s) in July and beyond. Specifically, "strong" readings
We have been surprised over recent weeks to read a slue of commentary proclaiming that the economy is in great shape and Fed Chairman Powell is just pandering to markets by signaling rate cut(s) in July and beyond. Specifically, "strong" readings
Earlier this morning, JPMorgan hinted at the pain that banks will soon suffer as a result of sharply lower interest rates, when it cuts its Net Interest Income forecast by $500MM to $79.5 billion, sending its stock lower.
It was nice while it lasted but the "Rally in Everything" inspired by the dovish Federal Reserve is likely coming to an end -- thanks to the dovish Federal Reserve.
U.S. bonds and stocks have climbed together for most of 2019 as expectations for
At the end of May, the world's largest bond manager, Pimco, whose bread and butter depends entirely on the future of the price of bonds and by implication, interest rates (and being able to correctly predict where they go) and thus, on the Fed's cont
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Thursday that the global economy could suffer "unthinkable" damage if the White House and Congress fail to raise the federal debt limit.