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AS TRUMP GAMBLES WITH MORE ECONOMIC STIMULUS, THE FED IS POISED TO COU
Congress has already given him tax cuts and increased deficit spending that is expected to stimulate the economy... READ MORE›
HOUSEHOLDS ARE BORROWING MORE TO FUEL SPENDING WELLS FARGO SAYS
It's also significantly more burdensome for lower income households, the analysts said... READ MORE›
BITCOIN MAY NOT BE WORTH ALL THE HOOPLA
Indeed, bitcoin, ethereum, ripple and other digital currencies, while they have grown in use and popularity, have notable drawbacks, the economists said... READ MORE›
TEN YEARS AFTER THE CRISIS, BANKS WIN BIG IN TRUMP'S WASHINGTON
Ten Years After the Crisis, Banks Win Big in Trump's Washington... READ MORE›
FED ECONOMISTS SAY BITCOIN CAN'T COMPETE IN WORLD OF TRUST
If we lived in a dystopian world without trust, Bitcoin might dominate existing payment methods, Martin said... READ MORE›
FED FACES PRESSURE TO STEP UP RATE HIKES AFTER SPENDING PACKAGE
It will fuel inflationary pressures, Zandi said in an email... READ MORE›
FIVE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW TO START YOUR DAY
In New York, according to a marketing document seen by Bloomberg... READ MORE›
NEW ERA OF CURRENCY VOLATILITY LEAVES BEARISH DOLLAR BETS INTACT
For these observers, the dollar's rebound amid the biggest burst of foreign-exchange volatility since 2015 is bound to be short-lived... READ MORE›
FED'S DUDLEY STICKS TO HIS OUTLOOK, CALLS THE MARKET MOVES 'SMALL POTATOES'
So far, I'd say this is small potatoes, Dudley said of recent market moves... READ MORE›
BOND TRADERS HAVE GONE FROM HOPING FOR VOLATILITY TO WORRYING ABOUT IT
New York Fed President William Dudley on Thursday called the stock selloff small potatoes and said it has no economic implications... READ MORE›
U.S. STOCKS DECLINE AS TREASURY YIELDS PUSH HIGHER
Earlier, shares in Japan closed higher after a turbulent session while China's stocks slid for a third day, even as Hong Kong equities climbed... READ MORE›
WITH YELLEN OUT OF THE PICTURE, GET READY FOR TRUMP VS. POWELL
The new Fed chief will butt heads with the president if rate increases cool economic growth... READ MORE›
CRYPTOCURRENCIES ARE LIKE PONZI SCHEMES, WORLD BANK CHIEF SAYS
The head of the World Bank is the latest financial voice to raise questions about the legitimacy of digital currencies such as Bitcoin... READ MORE›
WHAT ON EARTH HAPPENED TO STOCKS? HERE'S WHERE TO CAST THE BLAME
The sharp sell-off in stocks that started last week and gathered steam this week lacked a specific trigger... READ MORE›
GOLDMAN'S A RAGING BULL ON COMMODITIES AS TURMOIL AIDS VIEW
Historically, when you look at commodities they perform very well during rate-hiking cycles, Currie told Tom Mackenzie in the interview... READ MORE›
STOCKS MAY TUMBLE 10 BUT HANG IN THERE 141 BILLION FUND SAYS
Equity investors are in for a further stomach-churning down-draft, but it will pay off to stay the course, according to AMP Capital Investors Ltd... READ MORE›
BOND BEARS SMELL BLOOD, OTHERS CLAW FOR BUYING OPPORTUNITY
A break above that could lead the yields to next test 3.28pc, the 200-month simple moving average, which has not been reached since 1989... READ MORE›
DOW PLUNGES NEARLY 1,200 POINTS AS NORTH AMERICAN MARKET ROUT DEEPENS
North American stock markets plunged in volatile trading on Monday after the Dow Jones index fell almost 1,200 points, following its worst weekly decline since 2016 on Friday... READ MORE›
FED RESTRICTIONS CONTINUE TO BADGER WELLS FARGO
Wells Fargo, which posted its biggest intraday percentage loss in six and a half years, led losses on the S P 500 index, down 0.18 percent... READ MORE›
FED RESTRICTIONS CONTINUE TO BADGER WELLS FARGO US BANKS DOWN
Wells Fargo, which posted its biggest intraday percentage loss in six and a half years, led losses on the S P 500 index, down 0.18 percent... READ MORE›
FIVE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW TO START YOUR DAY
The day will bring reports on South Korean trade, Australian job ads, PMIs for Singapore and Hong Kong, as well as Indonesian GDP... READ MORE›
WELLS FARGO HIT WITH RARE GROWTH BAN IN YELLEN'S FINAL ACT
Last year, Wells Fargo spent 3.9 billion on costs related to risk management alone, Sloan said... READ MORE›
FED'S KASHKARI SAYS LANDING AMAZON HQ2 COULD BE A MONEY LOSER
Kashkari said the research director of the Minneapolis Fed, Mark Wright, told him their city had "dodged a bullet" by not making Amazon's list of 20 cities it is considering... READ MORE›
U.S. STOCKS DROP AS TREASURY SELLOFF GAINS STEAM
And these are the main moves in markets Stocks The S P 500 Index fell 0.1 percent to 2,821.96 at 4 p.m... READ MORE›
DEPOSIT-SHUNNING BANKS GET BIG BREAK AS U.S. EASES LEVERAGE RULE
While that can help banks raise their leverage ratio, it also crimps profits... READ MORE›
JANET YELLEN'S FED ERA ENDS WITH UNANIMOUS VOTE OF NO RATE HIKE
Inflation has picked up slightly since the middle of 2017 while remaining short of the central bank's 2 percent goal... READ MORE›
FED LEAVES RATES UNCHANGED, SEES INFLATION RISING THIS YEAR
US Federal Reserve keeps interest rates the same in last meeting under Yellen... READ MORE›
STOCKS RECOUP GAINS, YIELDS HIT HIGHS AFTER FED
Bloomberg's Chris Condon reports on the Federal Reserve's policy-making meeting... READ MORE›
BOFA SEES BOND YIELDS RISING MORE AS INVESTORS CATCH UP TO FED
The Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday left its target range for the federal funds rate unchanged at 1.25 percent to 1.5 percent... READ MORE›
FORMER FED CHAIR ALAN GREENSPAN SEES BUBBLES IN STOCKS AND BONDS
Well the fact, that, essentially, we're beginning to run an ever-larger government deficit, Greenspan said... READ MORE›
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HERE'S WHAT THE WORLD'S CENTRAL BANKS REALLY THINK ABOUT BITCOIN
Eight years since the birth of bitcoin, central banks around the world are increasingly recognizing the potential upsides and downsides of digital currencies... READ MORE›
MARKETS ARE ABOUT TO GET UGLY ACCORDING TO THESE CHARTS
Though the economy remains strong, unbounded enthusiasm has run too far, according to Canaccord Genuity Inc.'s Tony Dwyer... READ MORE›
FED RAISES RATES EYES THREE 2018 HIKES AS YELLEN ERA NEARS END
The Fed's preferred gauge of inflation, based on consumer spending, gained just 1.6 percent in the year through October... READ MORE›
GOLDMAN SACHS SEES FOUR 2018 FED RATE HIKES AS U.S. GROWTH GAINS
Before the latest revision the most recent Goldman Sachs forecast for 2018 growth was 2.4 percent, according to forecasts compiled by Bloomberg... READ MORE›
BITCOIN SOARS ABOVE $17,000, BOOSTING WORRIES AND A WORLDWIDE FRENZY
As bitcoin prices were setting records, hackers this week reportedly made off with 70 million in the digital currency after targeting NiceHash, a cryptocurrency platform... READ MORE›
ISRAEL CENTRAL BANK MULLS ISSUING DIGITAL CURRENCY FOR FASTER PAYMENTS
But the Israeli source said any digital currency introduced by the country's central bank would be centralized, safe and abide by money laundering rules... READ MORE›
U.S. 2-YEAR YIELD TOPS 2% FOR FIRST TIME SINCE FINANCIAL CRISIS
On Sept. 15, the day of the bankruptcy filing, the yield plunged 50 basis points, driving it below 2 percent on an intraday basis... READ MORE›
DALIO SAYS BONDS FACE BIGGEST BEAR MARKET IN ALMOST 40 YEARS
That supply-demand imbalance will concern the central bankers, he said... READ MORE›
HOW CENTRAL BANKS ARE USING BIG DATA TO HELP SHAPE POLICY
The Bank for International Settlements, known as the central banks' bank, is also in on the act... READ MORE›
FED SIGNALS DECEMBER HIKE ON TRACK A DAY BEFORE TRUMP ANNOUNCES NEXT CHAIR
All four Fed rate hikes since late 2015 have come at gatherings that were accompanied by a press conference, which occur at alternating meetings... READ MORE›
RICHMOND FED SAID TO TAP MCKINSEY'S BARKIN AS ITS PRESIDENT
All 12 regional Fed presidents also sit on the policy-making Federal Open Market Committee, along with Fed governors who are based in Washington... READ MORE›
HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT POWELL'S FED CHAIR SELECTION
Powell, 64, who joined the Fed Board of Governors in 2012, has publicly backed the central bank's plan of gradually raising interest rates... READ MORE›
TRUMP NOMINATES FED GOV. JEROME POWELL AS THE NEXT FEDERAL RESERVE CHIEF
Trump nominates Fed Gov. Jerome Powell as the next Federal Reserve chief... READ MORE›
WHY TRUMP SHOULD NAME HIMSELF NEW CHAIR OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE
President Trump should name himself to be head of the Federal Reserve... READ MORE›
TRUMP CONSIDERED KEEPING YELLEN AT FED, UNTIL MNUCHIN SPOKE UP
One of the White House officials said Trump indeed had by then narrowed his shortlist to Yellen, Powell and Taylor... READ MORE›
TRUMP NAMES JEROME POWELL TO HEAD FEDERAL RESERVE
By appointing Powell, Trump broke with decades-old tradition observed by previous presidents of re-appointing the chairman of the Federal Reserve... READ MORE›
PETER METCALF WIELDS THE MIGHT OF THE OUTDOOR INDUSTRY TO PROTECT THE WILD
Growing up in the suburbs on Long Island, Peter Metcalf thought exploring the outdoors meant biking around a decommissioned air base near his home... READ MORE›
TRUMP LEANS TOWARD POWELL FOR FED WITH ANNOUNCEMENT NEXT WEEK
Yet his preference for Powell dims current Fed Chair Janet Yellen's chances for a second term at the helm of the world's leading central bank... READ MORE›
TRUMP'S LATEST PICK FOR THE FED IS NO FAN OF PAPER MONEY
Goodfriend presented a paper on it in 2016 in Jackson Hole, Wyo., at a high-profile annual conclave of central bankers... READ MORE›
ASIAN SHARES UP DOLLAR DIPS AS DEMOCRAT WINS ALABAMA SENATE RACE
S P e-mini futures ESc1 were down as much as 0.3 percent, compared to their drop 0.1 percent before the Alabama polls closed... READ MORE›
TRUMP TAPS POWELL FOR FED TO OVERSEE ECONOMY FRAUGHT WITH RISKS
One says monetary policy is too tight, and the other says it is too slack, he added... READ MORE›
4. ONLINE SHOPPING FOR EVERYTHING
When most Americans look back on 2017, they might fondly recall eclipse goggles or learning that Justin Bieber can, sometimes, sing in Spanish... READ MORE›
YELLEN ISN'T BUYING TRUMP'S TALK OF AN ECONOMIC MIRACLE FROM TAX CUTS
Policy makers boosted their economic forecast in 2018 to 2.5 percent from 2.1 percent in September as they increasingly factored the effects on the tax package into their outlooks... READ MORE›
STOCKS IN EUROPE HIT TWO-YEAR HIGH AS METALS SURGE
The Stoxx Europe 600 Index jumped to its highest level in more than two years, with most of the most industry sectors rising... READ MORE›
U.S. STOCKS DRAGGED DOWN BY TECH ROUT; BONDS FALL
All 15 members of the S P 500 Semiconductor Index retreated, led by Micron Technology, Lam Research Corp... READ MORE›
US FED CHAIR NOMINEE SAYS CASE FOR RATE HIKE IN DEC 'COMING TOGETHER'
He argued that the central bank would continue to tighten its monetary policy as the unemployment rate hits record low and the economy continues steady growth... READ MORE›
FED WORKING ON PROPOSAL TO EASE UP ON BANK LEVERAGE LIMITS
A requirement that U.S. banks maintain a minimum level of capital against all their assets... READ MORE›
STOCKS MIXED, EURO GAINS; DOLLAR DROPS BEFORE FED
The British pound gained before the Bank of England's rates decision... READ MORE›
BOND TRADERS START TO SEE CRACK IN FED'S RESOLVE ABOUT INFLATION
Fed Chair Janet Yellen and the nominee to succeed her, Jerome Powell, lead a busy lineup of central bankers speaking this week... READ MORE›
STOCK MARKET'S FUTURE IN TRUMP'S HANDS AS FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIR PICK LOOMS
A governor on the Federal Reserve board since 2012, Powell has yet to cast a dissenting vote against the Federal Open Market Committee's decisions on monetary policy... READ MORE›