The Fed’s Balancing Act: From Soft Landing to No Landing?
The “no landing” scenario – where the US economy keeps growing, inflation creeps back, and the Federal Reserve finds itself with no room to cut...
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Powell’s Slow Dismantling of Rate Hikes: A Measured Stroll Through Economic Uncertainty
With the fading echoes of the global inflation shock now receding, the trend towards lower borrowing costs seems poised to gain momentum as economies face...
Powell’s Half-Point Cut: A Steeper Yield Curve or Just Another False Alarm?
Jerome Powell has breathed fresh life into one of bond traders’ time-honoured strategies. The much-anticipated Fed rate cut on Wednesday didn’t cause much of a...
Powell’s Bold Gambit: The Art of Mistiming
Jerome Powell gave Wall Street exactly what it had been yearning for—a hefty rate cut to justify this year’s rally in stocks and bonds, signalling...
US: inflation Bites Back
So, U.S. inflation decided to put on a show in August, thanks to soaring housing and travel costs. This makes it much harder for the...
Fed Dreams of Rate Cuts Dashed: Inflation Refuses to Play Nice
Core inflation in the US unexpectedly picked up in August, thanks to rising housing and travel costs. This dampened hopes for a significant rate cut...
Fed’s Rate Cut Dilemma: Too Little, Too Late, or Just Right?
The European Central Bank is poised to cut interest rates again this Thursday, setting the stage for the Federal Reserve to follow suit next week...
Reshuffle: Ukraine’s Government Shake-up Amidst War
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister has become the latest to resign as President Volodymyr Zelensky carries out the most radical government reshuffle since the war with Russia...
Investors are overestimating appetite for FED to cut interest rates
The following weeks promise to be volatile. Bond prices have surged on expectations that the Federal Reserve will soon begin slashing interest rates to stave...