The US central bank experienced its largest operating loss of $114.3 billion in 2020 and 2021 due to aggressive support of the US economy. The Fed’s vigorous economic support and subsequent hike in interest rates to counter excessive inflation caused the central bank to suffer its greatest operational loss ever.Larger …
Read More »FOMC minutes cite “diminished” inflation risks, concern about “overly restrictive” policy
US Federal Reserve officials appeared increasingly convinced at their meeting last month that inflation was coming under control, with “upside risks” diminished and growing concern about the damage that “overly restrictive” monetary policy might do to the economy, according to minutes of the central bank’s Dec. 12-13 policy meeting.As a …
Read More »Fed Pauses Rate For Third Time In A Row As Expected
The US central bank decided to keep interest rates unchanged following FOMC meeting that concluded a few minutes ago. Inflation has moderated substantially, and central bank officials have signaled that they may be done raising borrowing costs. A fresh set of forecasts will provide hints about when rate cuts may …
Read More »Hawkish FOMC minutes stir some US Dollar momentum
The DXY Index rose to 103.65, up by 0.20%. FOMC members considered that the progress on inflation is “limited”. The US yields are still down on the day, limiting the US Dollar’s advance.In Tuesday’s session, the US Dollar Index traded with 0.20% gains around the 103.65 area as investors seemed …
Read More »FOMC keeps rate policy unchanged in line with expectations
As expected, the Federal Reserve policymakers decided to leave US policy rate unchanged at the range of 5.25%-5.5% for the second consecutive time. The decision has just been announced and FOMC Chairman Jerome Powell will speak on the policy outlook and respond to questions in the post-meeting press conference, starting …
Read More »US JOLTS Job Openings rise to 9.55 million in September
The US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has reported a total of 9.55 million job openings on the last business day of September, exceeding market expectations of 9.25 million. This figure, slightly higher than the revised August number of 9.49 million (initially reported as 9.61 million), was highlighted in the …
Read More »Gold prices surpass $2007 on geopolitical risks
Gold price rallies to $2007.75 per troy ounce, bouncing back from daily lows of $1976.97. Escalating Middle East conflict and Israel military expanding its operations in Gaza.Gold price finally broke the $2000 troy ounce barrier on Friday amidst increasing geopolitical risks, as the conflict between Israel and Hamas is at …
Read More »Powell: Tightening in financial conditions can have implications for policy
Jerome Powell, Chairman of the Federal Reserve (Fed), prepared remarks for delivery to the Economic Club of New York showed that Powell will say that significant tightening in financial conditions with higher bond yields can have implications for the policy. Powell will add that the policy setting committee is “proceeding …
Read More »FOMC minutes: Participants judged that risks had become more two-sided
The FOMC minutes, released a few minutes ago, indicated that many policymakers and participants saw downside risks to economic activity and upside risks to the unemployment rate.Vast majority of participants just future path of economy as highly uncertain. More evidence needed to be confident price pressures ebbing. Several participants commented …
Read More »FOMC leaves interest rate unchanged in September as expected
The US central bank announced on Wednesday that it left the policy rate, federal funds rate, unchanged at the range of 5.25%-5.5% following the September policy meeting. This decision came in line with the market expectation.The Federal Reserve was widely expected to leave its policy rate unchanged at 5.25%-5.5%. The …
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