[ad_1] Last Updated: June 16, 2023, 02:30 IST London, United Kingdom (UK) U.S. Treasury yields were lower as investors digested the economic data and the Fed’s update. Equities trading had been choppy on Wednesday after the Fed signaled it could follow its June pause with two more rate increases this year MSCI’s global index of … Read more
[ad_1] Last Updated: June 15, 2023, 00:23 IST Washington D.C., United States of America (USA) Near 1825 GMT, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.3 percent, while the Nasdaq lost 0.8 percent. The US central bank, as expected, opted to hold its benchmark lending rate between 5.0 percent and 5.25 percent Wall Street stocks retreated … Read more
[ad_1] RBI Monetary Policy Committee Meet Live: When, Where & How to Watch Shaktikanta Das Address RBI press conference. (File photo) RBI governor will address a press conference at 12:00 pm on Thursday. The Reserve Bank of India’s rate-setting monetary policy panel began deliberations on Tuesday amid expectations that the central bank will keep the … Read more
[ad_1] Last Updated: May 05, 2023, 06:12 IST Oil prices were also hurt by a strengthening dollar after the European Central Bank raised rates on Thursday. (Image: Reuters File) For the week, Brent was set to close down 8.7%, while WTI was set to close 10.5% lower Oil prices held steady in early trading on … Read more
[ad_1] The dollar strengthened on Wednesday, lifted by rising Treasury yields, though the pound gained against the greenback after British inflation stayed above 10 percent in March and put more pressure on the Bank of England to keep raising rates. The dollar index, which tracks the currency against a basket of its peers, was up … Read more
[ad_1] Minneapolis CNN — US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said she believes the American economy remains strong and its banking system is resilient despite some recent turmoil among regional financial institutions. “I’ve not really seen evidence at this stage suggesting a contraction in credit, although that is a possibility,” Yellen said at a press conference … Read more
[ad_1] Investors may want to brace for a hard landing. According to the Economic Cycle Research Institute, the recent bank failures reinforce a recession is imminent and there is a chart reflecting it. “We’re seeing lots of symptoms [of a significant downturn] when you have crises,” the institute’s co-founder Lakshman Achuthan told CNBC’s ” Fast … Read more
[ad_1] Editor’s Note: This is excerpted from a story that originally ran on March 22, 2023. New York CNN — Banking has been top of mind for many people in the wake of some surprise bank failures and moves by US regulators to boost confidence in the financial system. But the Federal Reserve’s decision on … Read more
[ad_1] With retail inflation remaining above the comfort level of 6% and most global peers including US Fed continuing hawkish stance, the Reserve Bank of India too may go in for a 25 basis points hike in the bi-monthly monetary policy to be announced on April 6, opined experts. The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of … Read more