... e Federal Reserve and individual states. Much of the concern on Capitol Hill is focused on speculative trading and investing in cryptocurrencies, leading some lawmakers to push for digital assets to b ...More
EJ Insight2018-02-20
... S Federal Reserve. As a result, bond yields have risen in recent months, with the rise accelerating since the beginning of the year. From around a 2.40 percent yield in early January, US 10-year Treas ...More
EJ Insight2018-02-14
... s Federal Reserve president James Bullard on Tuesday said that the strong US labor market does not mean that higher inflation is just around the corner. A more reasonable explanation is that the US ma ...More
EJ Insight2018-02-09
... e Federal Reserve will raise benchmark interest rates at a faster pace than expected this year. -- Contact us at [email protected] CG/RC ...More
EJ Insight2018-02-08
... S Federal Reserve has a new leadership. The new Fed chief Jerome Powell, who succeeded Janet Yellen this month, is expected to continue Yellen’s stance of gradual tightening. Still, some investors reg ...More
EJ Insight2018-02-06
Jerome Powell took office as the new Federal Reserve chairman on Monday. And a global currency war could be just around the corner. Since the beginning of the year, the US dollar index has basically e ...More
EJ Insight2018-02-06
... e Federal Reserve will raise rates at a faster pace than expected. “The market has had an incredible run,” said Michael O’Rourke, chief market strategist at JonesTrading in Greenwich, Connecticut. “We ...More
EJ Insight2018-02-06
... f Federal Reserve rate hikes. Rising interest rates in general mean higher borrowing costs for companies. Last week, fears of higher rates overwhelmed the upbeat profit picture as the benchmark S& ...More
EJ Insight2018-02-05
Based on Fed fund futures, the market consensus is that the Federal Reserve will hike rates three times this year by 0.25 percent each time. But I personally believe that the market may have underesti ...More
EJ Insight2018-02-02
The US Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged on Wednesday and said it expects the world's largest economy to grow at a moderate pace this year and the labor market to remain strong. Following ...More
EJ Insight2018-02-01
... rld’s top reserve currency and fan concerns about a protectionist trade agenda espoused by US President Donald Trump. On Tuesday, Trump signed into law a steep tariff on import solar panels and washi ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-25
... ms of the reserve currency.” Mnuchin said American involvement in a new Asia-Pacific trade pact between 11 countries was “not off the table”, despite Washington pulling out of early talks on the deal ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-25
The US Senate confirmed Federal Reserve governor Jerome Powell as the next head of the central bank, succeeding Janet Yellen, a move likely to provide continuity in US monetary policy with the economy ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-24
... e Federal Reserve) with US$1.1892 trillion as of October. If China stops buying US Treasuries, the market could suffer ... but this might already be old news since there is evidence that China has not ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-19
... s like to reserve tables for family gatherings and various occasions, but they prefer to choose the dishes to be served rather than buy coupons for the cheapest deals. They know that such "special off ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-18
The US economy is likely to grow more than 2.5 percent this year, boosted by tax cuts, two Federal Reserve officials said on Wednesday. The growth would be fast enough to push the unemployment rate, a ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-18
