Take Five: Panic over? World markets themes for the week ahead
LONDON (Reuters) – Following are the five big themes likely to dominate thinking of investors and traders in the coming week and the Reuters stories related to them. FILE PHOTO:…
Fed done raising interest rates; significant chance of cut in 2020: Reuters poll
BENGALURU (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Reserve is done raising interest rates until at least the end of next year, according to economists in a Reuters poll who gave a…
The Fed is prodding Americans to buy more on credit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve’s decisive statement this week that interest rates are unlikely to rise this year sends a signal to U.S. households: keep buying stuff. FILE PHOTO:…
Beneath Fed’s positive spin, an embrace of a tepid future
SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal Reserve policymakers see a U.S. economy that is rapidly losing momentum. They predict inflation will miss their 2 percent target for yet another year, despite…
Wall Street powers world stocks; dollar up on Brexit woes
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street led global stocks higher on Thursday on the back of upbeat economic data, while the dollar rallied despite the Federal Reserve’s uber-dovish stance as…
A Fed pivot, born of volatility, missteps, and new economic reality
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve’s promise in January to be “patient” about further interest rate hikes, putting a three-year-old process of policy tightening on hold, calmed markets after weeks…
No evidence that Fed’s balance sheet is behind market swings: Mester
FILE PHOTO: Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester takes part in a panel convened to speak about the health of the U.S. economy in New York November 18, 2015. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson…
Fed to finalize plans to end balance sheet runoff ‘at coming meetings’: Mester
FILE PHOTO: Loretta Mester, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, speaks during an interview in Manhattan, New York, U.S., August 15, 2017. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton CINCINNATI (Reuters) – The…
Take Five: Dogs and Pigs – World markets themes for the week ahead
(Reuters) – Following are five big themes likely to dominate the thinking of investors and traders in the coming week and the Reuters stories related to them. People walk by…
U.S. consumer morale at two-year low; factory output surges
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. consumer sentiment tumbled in early January to its lowest level since President Donald Trump’s was elected more than two years ago as an ongoing partial shutdown…