‘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...
Interest-Rate Surge Ripples Through Economy, From Homes to Car Loans: WSJ
The market is finally getting the message that the era of cheap money is ending. Just look at mortgage rates. At the beginning of 2022,...
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...
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...
Bullard says Fed moving too slowly to quell high inflation and putting economy at risk
St Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard doesn’t think the U.S. central bank is attacking high inflation with enough urgency — risking both its credibility...
Prepare for a recession this summer, a bear market in real estate and a drop in stock prices, warns strategist David Rosenberg
Inflation has turned out to be not-so-transitory, and the Federal Reserve has its knives out. Well, its hammer, anyway. Raising interest rates — the U.S....
Is the Dollar in Danger?
The U.S. is sitting on top of a horizontal empire, capitalism’s self-organizing, incentive-based structure with its layers of value. It’s not the Marxist mush of...