U.S. dollar could soon wipe out all of its post-pandemic gains, Soc Gen strategist warns
The slide in the U.S. dollar in the last eight months could mean that mean all of its gains in the wake of the coronavirus...
Why Washington and Wall Street are worried about the ‘de-dollarization’ threat
A “de-dollarization” mania is gripping Washington and Wall Street. Wall Street analysts, corporations, policy wonks and others are trying to ascertain whether there is any...
Big question with dollar under fire from rival countries and currencies: What happens to markets if the greenback loses its dominance?
The International Monetary Fund, not the Bank for International Settlements, added China’s yuan to its Special Drawing Rights basket. This story has been corrected. Probably...
Fed’s Bullard doesn’t see a looming credit crunch that would push economy into a recession
In the wake of the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, conventional wisdom has been that banks will cut lending, known as a credit crunch, that...
Fed’s Bullard doesn’t want to ‘stall’ on getting interest rates over 5%
The Federal Reserve should not “stall” on raising its benchmark rates until they are above 5%, said St. Louis Fed President James Bullard, on Wednesday....
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...
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...
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 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...