Did you really think that the mighty U.S. stock market was going to be stopped in its tracks by a measly PPI print, even if it was a blowout? The yield on the U.S. 10-year Treasury bond was down 2 basis points at 4.2732%. One consequence of the hot PPI print is that the market…
The Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve building in Washington, DC. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) — US short-dated bonds yields fell to their lowest levels in more than three months, reflecting conviction among traders that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates in September. The two-year yield, among the most sensitive to changes in monetary policy,…
(Bloomberg) — Global investors dived into the riskiest assets after a benign US inflation report dispelled fears of stagflation and lifted a roadblock for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates. Stocks jumped to fresh record highs, and small-cap stocks, emerging-markets and semiconductors extended a rally. Measures of implied volatility plunged even as President Donald…
Stocks climbed to a record as an in-line US inflation reading eased price concerns and bolstered bets on a Federal Reserve interest-rate cut in September. The MSCI All Country World Index rose 0.2% to an all-time high, tracking Wall Street’s surge to fresh peaks, as money markets nearly priced in a full 25 basis point…
Federal data shows that inflation held fairly steady in July, defying fears of a sharp tariff-driven spike in consumer prices and good news for President Donald Trump, who is pushing for the Federal Reserve to slash interest rates. Markets are widely anticipating a rate cut at the Fed’s September meeting, an assessment unlikely to be…
Aug. 9 (UPI) — The Federal Reserve has not approved an interest rate cut since before the Nov. 5 election, but one of its governors said she wants three rate cuts this year. Federal Reserve Gov. Michelle “Miki” Bowman dissented from the Federal Open Market Committee’s decision last week to maintain the current Fed rate…
US stocks opened higher on Friday on hopes of a dovish Federal Reserve board after President Donald Trump’s temporary pick for a central bank governor post. As of 12:18 PM Eastern, the S&P 500 was up 0.8%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.6%, and the Nasdaq added 0.9%. As of 9:57 AM Eastern, the…
The surprise revisions to the nonfarm payroll data last week convinced investors that the Federal Reserve Bank will lower interest rates at its next meeting in September. Beyond that, expectations that at least two more rate cuts are in the offing sent stocks flying. The promise of a potential decline in interest rates outweighed the…
Chip giants TSMC and Samsung rose after Donald Trump said firms that invest in the United States would not be hit with his threatened tariff (I-Hwa CHENG) Asian equities rose Thursday as investors looked past Donald Trump’s threat to impose 100 percent tariffs on semiconductors, with optimism still high that the Federal Reserve will slash…
An upbeat mood in global equities extended Hong Kong stocks’ winning streak to four days on Thursday, as investors anticipated a rate cut by the Federal Reserve and looked past the fallout of tariffs on economic growth. The Hang Seng Index rose 0.4 per cent to 25,001.64 as of 10.12am local time. The Hang Seng…