The Latest Breaking News from US Federal Reserve

This week's economic calendar includes the minutes from the January FOMC meeting and the release of the Fed's preferred inflation gauge.

The price of goods and services remains elevated around the U.S., as evidenced by four recent reports by the U.S. government.

March S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESH24) are trending down -0.04% this morning as market participants braced for U.S. factory activity data while also awaiting remarks from Fed officials.

The Federal Reserve is expected to start cutting interest rates this year, but concerns over higher deposit costs, slower loan growth, higher funding costs, declining asset quality, and the potential of default on CRE loans continue to cloud the U.S. banking sector’s outlook. Therefore, let’s analyze whether one should buy,…

March S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESH24) are trending down -0.03% this morning as market participants braced for U.S. factory activity data while also awaiting remarks from Fed officials.

Reasons for optimism: The worst of inflation appears to be behind us, the Fed could start cutting rates, and it seems we’ll avoid a hard landing or recession.

Asian markets were largely higher on Friday following Wall Street gains driven by tech rallies and key US inflation data that met investors' expectations.

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Thursday closed up +0.52%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +0.12%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up +0.95%. Stock indexes on Thursday posted moderate gains on signs that inflation pressures are...

While the main indexes were choppy Thursday, tech stocks Snowflake and Okta made major moves.

The dollar index (DXY00 ) on Thursday rose by +0.16%. On Thursday, the dollar recovered from early losses and moved higher as hawkish comments from San Francisco Fed President Daly and Atlanta Fed President Bostic pushed back the chances of Fed rate cuts until later this year. The dollar initially...

Slower hiring and a rising unemployment rate make the outlook for interest rates uncertain.