‘Own some gold’ because consumer confidence is in the tank, says veteran chart watcher
Consumers are down in the dumps — and that stacks up as a positive signal for gold that shines brighter than many of the more...
A New Global Food Crisis Is Building, World Bank Warns
Illustration by Pete Reynolds Text size About the author: David Malpass is president of the World Bank Group. The war in Ukraine has triggered an...
Gold logs weekly gain, despite rising Treasury yields, dollar
Gold futures ended modestly higher Friday, logging a weekly gain as traders brushed off typically negative factors like rising Treasury yields and a stronger U.S....
Fed’s Brainard says inflation is ‘much too high’ with risks it might go even higher
Inflation is running very hot and could move up even higher, necessitating steady interest rate increases and a shrinking of the balance sheet, Federal Reserve...
The World Is Piling on Debt as It Battles Inflation
A surge in food and fuel prices is raising pressure on governments around the world to pick up the tab for consumers, stretching precarious public...
Inflation Could Create a Sticky Situation
Sometimes sharply rising fuel prices don’t end up being inflationary. Unfortunately, this may not be one of those times. The Commerce Department on Thursday reported...
Bond Market Suffers Worst Quarter in Decades
U.S. bonds’ worst quarter in more than 40 years has come to a close. The question for many investors now is whether it is time...
Federal Reserve’s projected rate hikes ‘won’t sufficiently tame’ inflation, Credit Suisse says
U.S. inflation, already at a 40-year high, is likely to remain hot even after the Federal Reserve completes all 10 to 11 of its projected...
The yield curve is speeding toward inversion — here’s what investors need to know
The bond market’s most reliable gauge of the U.S. economic outlook for the past half-century is hurtling toward inversion at a faster pace than it...
War in Ukraine Is Already Taking Its Toll on Global Food Supplies
Ukrainian farmer Igor Borisov has 2,000 metric tons of corn from the fall harvest stuck in a warehouse behind Russian battle lines. Like other farmers...