Fed Officials Urge Patience to Gauge Turmoil’s Impact on Economy
Fed Officials Urge Patience to Gauge Turmoil’s Impact on Economy
Two top Federal Reserve officials said policy makers need to take into account tighter financial conditions when they meet next month to decide whether to raise interest rates again.
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Bond Rally Defies Bear Pack as Record-Low Yields Keep on Coming
Bond Rally Defies Bear Pack as Record-Low Yields Keep on Coming
Investor demand for bonds looks insatiable during 2016’s selloff in oil and stocks, defying the consensus forecast for yields to rise this quarter.
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Here Comes the New Divergence as Central Banks Amend Hike Plans
Here Comes the New Divergence as Central Banks Amend Hike Plans
The divergence among global central banks that was supposed to drive financial markets in 2016 barely lasted a month.
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Kaplan Calls for Patience as Fed Assesses Outlook, Policy Stance
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Robert Kaplan said it’s premature to judge what policy makers will decide about interest rates at their meeting in March, as they gauge the implications of a dimmer global outlook for U.S. jobs and inflation.
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Pain Trade Surfaces in Currency Market as Dollar Bulls Whimper
It’s one of the very few trades that was making money for currency investors, a strategy that was backed by superior economic growth, forecasts for rising interest rates and even the indisputable advantage of being the asset of last resort.
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Dollar Posts Biggest 2-Day Drop Since March as 2016 Rally Erased
The dollar posted its biggest two-day drop since March, extending a decline that wiped out its rally at the start of the year.
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