A new battle between President Trump and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has many similarities to their clash in 2019, but some sort of different ending is all but certain. Both episodes featured a standoff over lowering interest rates amid a climate of tariff uncertainty, both had plenty of charges of political interference in all…
US President Donald Trump has again rattled global investment markets, this time with his threats to interfere with the independence of America’s central bank. The president has ramped up his war with the US Federal Reserve, calling chair Jerome Powell a “major loser” and demanding interest rates be cut immediately, in a re-run of his…
For weeks the US economic picture has been darkening. If Wednesday was an opportunity for Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to raise the alarm, he took a hard pass. Speaking to reporters following a two-day meeting of policymakers, Powell downplayed mounting growth concerns and the price hits that could be on the way from President…
The S&P 500 (^GSPC) just capped its best first four trading days under a new president since Ronald Reagan’s first week in 1985. The week ahead will bring investors a deluge of news that will put that rally to the test. Earnings from more than 100 members of the S&P 500 — highlighted by results…
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President Mary Daly said she is “very comfortable” with policymakers’ median projection of two interest-rate cuts next year, emphasizing the central bank can turn to a slower approach. “My projection is that it will take many fewer rate cuts next year than we thought but I’ll watch the economy…
Stocks headed for the basement Wednesday as Wall Street traders pouted over the more cautious tone emanating from the US Federal Reserve. After fulfilling all expectations by cutting rates another quarter point, Fed Chair Jerome Powell made clear the central bank sees its mission now as one where it doesn’t need to be as quick…
While concern has grown in the past week that narrowing market breadth has tapped the brakes on the S&P 500 Index’s blistering rally, it turns out that stock bulls are still stepping in to snap up shares ahead of the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate decision. The index’s DVAN trend line — a proprietary divergence analysis that…
If Wall Street learned one thing during Donald Trump’s first term as president, it’s that the stock market is a way he keeps score. At various points he took credit for equities rallies, urged Americans to buy the dip, and even considered firing Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, who he blamed for a selloff. Now…
After a post-election risk-taking binge, stock investors sobered up this week as Jerome Powell’s go-slow message on interest-rate cuts cooled the Trump trade euphoria that drove Wall Street to records. With the world’s most important central banker in no hurry to ease monetary policy thanks to a still-robust labor market and strong economic data, bond…
After a post-election risk-taking binge, stock investors sobered up this week as Jerome Powell’s go-slow message on interest-rate cuts cooled the Trump trade euphoria that drove Wall Street to records. With the world’s most important central banker in no hurry to ease monetary policy thanks to a still-robust labor market and strong economic data, bond…