The next financial crisis may already be brewing, but not where many expect
A growing number of traders, academics, and bond-market gurus are worried that the $24 trillion market for U.S. Treasury debt could be headed for a...
Fed’s Powell says bringing down inflation will cause pain to households and businesses in Jackson Hole speech
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell used the spotlight on the central bank’s Jackson Hole retreat to deliver a blunt message that the Fed will keep...
Why one economist fears the Japanese yen could be headed for a destabilizing downward spiral
A prominent economist has begun to worry that Japan’s widening trade deficit could eliminate the last pillar of support for the world’s third-most widely used...
Gold hits near one-month high as yields, U.S. dollar retreat
Gold climbed to nearly a one-month high on Thursday buoyed by a pullback in the U.S. dollar and Treasury yields, as investors awaited Friday’s July...
Fed can’t stop hiking interest rates even if there is a recession, former top central banker says
The Federal Reserve has to emulate Mario Draghi and do “whatever it takes” to bring inflation down and that means continuing to raise interest rates...
Fed’s Waller says CPI was ‘major league disappointment,’ leaves door open for 100 basis move
Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller on Thursday said he supports a 0.75 percentage point interest rate hike in July, but he left the door open...
Inflation is ‘just too high and doesn’t seem to be coming down’: Fed’s Waller backs big interest-rate hikes
Federal Reserve Gov. Christopher Waller on Thursday said he backs big increases in a key U.S. interest rate over the next several months to drive...
Forget the 1970s — this market is drawing comparisons to the 1870s
The current high inflation environment is often compared to the 1970s. But perhaps a more apt comparison would be to the 1870s. According to Bank...
The U.S. housing market is teetering on recession. Will the economy soon follow?
The last time the housing market suffered a major meltdown in 2006, it took the entire U.S. economy with it. But history never follows the...
‘The economy is going to collapse,’ says Wall Street veteran Novogratz. ‘We are going to go into a really fast recession.’
Veteran investor and bitcoin bull Michael Novogratz doesn’t have a rosy outlook on the economy, which he described as headed for a substantial downturn, with...