Despite his refusal to give precise timing or extent hints, Fed Chair Jerome Powell set the foundation for future interest rate reductions on Friday. During the Fed’s annual retreat in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, the Chair of the Board of Directors declared, “The time has come for policy to adjust.” This …
Read More »Why Do Markets Eagerly Await Powell’s Hints At Jackson Hole?
Fed Chair Jerome Powell is scheduled to deliver his most important speech of the year, raising concerns that the Fed may have delayed relieving pressure on the economy. In July, following the central bank’s decision to maintain interest rates, Fed Chair Jerome Powell addresses reporters at a news conference. Most …
Read More »What can markets expect from Jerome Powell’s Jackson Hole speech?
The Fed is prepared to reduce key interest rates next month as a result of inflation getting closer to its 2% target, while officials at the Fed are now focusing on the state of the labour market because they are growing more optimistic about their ability to control inflation amid …
Read More »Retail Sales Reignite Interest Rate Bets
A fresh batch of data eagerly awaited by markets to clarify the Federal Reserve’s future monetary policy path, eliminating uncertainty around potential interest rate cuts, their magnitude, and related factors, is the US retail sales figures.Fed rate cut expectations entered a new phase where investors, observers, and analysts alike are …
Read More »Canadian Labour Market Expected to Remain Weak
The Canadian labour market report for July, released on Friday, once again underlined why the Bank of Canada (BoC) has now cut interest rates for the second time. Instead of the moderate job growth that economists had been expecting, we saw job losses (albeit very small ones) for the second …
Read More »US Dollar Faces Pressure After Soft NFPs in July
The US Dollar (USD) encountered significant selling pressure following the release of the July jobs report. The disappointing NFP figures triggered concerns about the health of the US economy and raised expectations of a rate cut by the Federal Reserve (Fed) in September. Let’s delve into the details:NFP Growth Falls …
Read More »NFP Data Has Sent Mixed Messages Across Key Assets
Latest NFP data has sent mixed messages to investors, resulting in significant movements across global financial markets, particularly affecting the US dollar, oil, and gold.In July, the Non-Farm Payrolls report showed an increase of 114,000 jobs in the United States, significantly lower than the previous reading of 179,000 jobs and …
Read More »US Treasury yields decline as Powell stresses on labour
After the Fed maintained current interest rates, US Treasury yields declined; the 10-year note drops to 4.04%. Fed Chair Jerome Powell highlights the significance of the labour market, noting that the July Nonfarm Payrolls report will be crucial in determining future interest rates.By year’s end, market players factor in three …
Read More »How have US stocks reacted to rate bets, statements by Fed officials?”
On Thursday, US stocks experienced significant losses after profit-taking triggered by the desire to benefit from the recent gains they had achieved over the past few days. This came in the wake of increasing expectations of an interest rate cut by the Fed in September. The recent surge in stock …
Read More »Fed’s Goolsbee: Inflation fight is not done but I feel a lot better
In an interview with Yahoo Finance on Thursday, Federal Reserve (Fed) Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee noted that they have had multiple months of better inflation data. Goolsbee noted that he feels a lot better on inflation but added that the fight is not done yet.The US Dollar Index …
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