Why questions are swirling about who will buy more than $31 trillion of U.S. debt — and at what price
For the first time ever, U.S. national debt crossed above $31 trillion this month, at a time when the Federal Reserve is in retreat from...
Bond markets facing historic losses grow anxious of Fed that ‘isn’t blinking yet’
The Federal Reserve has been showing no signs of letting up on aggressive rate hikes, even as its policies fuel carnage for the ages across...
Dashed hopes for a Fed pivot are morphing into a sense of dread in financial markets
Optimism that the Federal Reserve might back off of its aggressive interest-rate hikes is giving way to something else within financial markets: a feeling that...
Biden says Putin is ‘not going to scare us,’ after Russian leader refers to using ‘all available means’
President Joe Biden on Friday fired back after Russian President Vladimir Putin signed treaties to annex regions of Ukraine and said he would use “all...
U.S. dollar is now slicing through key technical levels ‘like a hot knife in butter’
The U.S. dollar is back on the upswing and headed toward the year-to-date highs seen in mid-July following a period of relative dormancy over the...
Fed’s Bullard says he is leaning toward backing 0.75 percentage point hike in September
St. Louis Fed President James Bullard said Thursday he is leaning toward supporting a 0.75 percentage point rate hike in September, according to an interview...
Why Mark Mobius thinks U.S. stocks haven’t bottomed — and where he sees emerging-market opportunities
U.S. markets have provided plenty of excitement this year to keep investors on their toes. But as badly as U.S. and European stocks have performed...
Sen. Warren warns Fed Chair Powell not to ‘drive this economy off a cliff’
The Federal Reserve should make sure that its rate increases do not push Americans into the unemployment lines, said Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the Democrat from...
‘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...
U.S. inflation expected to keep running hot: Traders see 4 straight months of roughly 9% or higher CPI readings
Just a day after Federal Reserve policy makers delivered their biggest rate hike in 28 years, the U.S. inflation outlook continues to look dire in...