U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell holds a press conference following a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee on interest rate policy in Washington, U.S., March 20, 2024. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters Central banks around the world reached a pivotal point this week, with Switzerland becoming the first major economy to cut interest … Read more
U.S. commuters. Caroline Purser | The Image Bank | Getty Images The recent influx of immigration into the U.S. is helping to bolster the economy despite a raft of global challenges, according to Joyce Chang, chair of global research at JPMorgan. The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised its U.S. GDP growth projection to 2.1% … Read more
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange NYSE Investors should disregard concerns over high valuations and focus on growth in what is now a “stockpicker’s market,” according to Matt Orton, chief market strategist at Raymond James Investment Management. The S&P 500 closed out a two-week losing streak on Friday, but Orton … Read more
An eagle tops the U.S. Federal Reserve building’s facade in Washington, July 31, 2013. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/ Jonathan Ernst | Reuters The Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank look poised to make “major progress” in cutting interest rates this year, according to the central bank of central banks. Agustín Carstens, general manager of the Bank … Read more
Global logistics companies tell CNBC they have started the planning for a potential Trump win in November and the strategies that will be needed to mitigate any additional tariffs, with Mexico a key import gateway for any escalation in the trade war against China begun under Trump and continued during the Biden presidency. The planning … Read more
Traders work on the floor during morning trading at the New York Stock Exchange on March 6, 2024. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Despite the heavy concentration of the U.S. market rally in expensive, AI-focused tech stocks, analysts say Wall Street is not yet in bubble territory. The S&P 500 has climbed for 16 of … Read more
When investors think of the financial markets, the first thing that likely comes to mind is the stock market. But there is a bigger, less-flashy counterpart to the equity market: the bond market. At the heart of the fixed income space lies U.S. Treasurys, one of the safest investments in the world. “We have not … Read more
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington, D.C., on March 13, 2023. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images The debt load of the U.S. is growing at a quicker clip in recent months, increasing about $1 trillion nearly every 100 days. The nation’s debt permanently crossed over to $34 trillion on Jan. 4, after briefly … Read more
Soaring rents, rising inflation and student debt are among some of the reasons millennials have struggled to purchase their own homes or build up their savings. Catherine Falls Commercial | Moment | Getty Images A gigantic wealth transfer over roughly the next decade will likely make millennials “the richest generation in history,” according to a … Read more
A trader works, as a screen displays a news conference by Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell following the Fed rate announcement, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., January 31, 2024. Brendan McDermid | Reuters The Bank of Japan and the Swiss National Bank have emerged … Read more