The week ending December 1 was marked by speeches of two important Federal Reserve officials – Waller, the Federal Reserve Governor and Powell, the Federal Reserve’s Chair. Financial markets construed …
Federal Reserve officials agreed at their last policy meeting they could take a cautious approach to raising U.S. interest rates moving forward, and would only need to move them higher …
Central banks in the US, euro zone and the UK are done raising interest rates for now, but their peers across Europe’s north aren’t so sure. On Thursday, Sweden’s Riksbank …
A surprisingly strong US economy and mixed signals from the Federal Reserve have fueled some of the wildest swings in Treasuries in recent memory. Add geopolitical angst and a surge …
Of all the defences of the stock rally, the pitch on Wall Street that elevated bond yields are completing the Federal Reserve’s hawkish mission sounds the most dangerous. Even as …
WASHINGTON: Uncertainty around the path of the U.S. economy, including difficulties estimating the state of financial markets, potential oil price shocks, and the impact of labor union strikes, pushed Federal …
During the September FOMC meeting, the Federal Reserve maintained the federal funds rate target range at a 22-year high of 5.25%-5.5%. Fed Chair Jerome Powell, however, conveyed that interest rates …
Benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury yields rose to 16-year highs on Thursday, a day after the Federal Reserve surprised investors by flagging the potential for an additional rate hike, and an …
U.S. stocks slumped on Wednesday after the U.S. Federal Reserve held key interest rates unchanged as widely expected, and revised economic projections higher with warnings that the battle against inflation …
Benchmark index S&P BSE Sensex fell nearly 670 points or over 1% at 66,933.52, dragged by HDFC Bank and Reliance Industries (RIL). The broader S&P BSE 500 index was trading …