Inflation or the economy? Wash faces a dilemma in his debut

By: keiko

Just three weeks after taking office, Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh faces an extraordinary high-risk test. Inflation is rebounding strongly at the fastest pace in three years. Disagreements among central bank policymakers are intensifying. Investors are selling U.S. Treasury bonds, betting that the Federal Reserve will begin raising interest rates in December—contrary to President Trump’s […]

Bank of Montreal: Dollar is the best choice amid war and interest rate hikes

By: keiko

BMO Capital Markets believes that betting on the continued strength of the dollar is the most straightforward way for forex traders to position themselves in an environment of renewed high interest rates and inflation. BMO’s chief foreign exchange strategist, Mark McCormick, wrote in a report on Monday that forex market traders—whose daily trading volume reaches […]

Citadel Securities: Fed May Raise Rates Soon

By: keiko

According to Citadel Securities, the next major risk facing investors is a tightening financial environment, as the Federal Reserve may need to raise interest rates “soon” to curb rising inflation pressures. Nohshad Shah, head of fixed income sales for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa at Citadel Securities, wrote in a client report that a […]

New York Fed survey: Job seekers’ outlook index drops to lowest level of the year

By: keiko

According to a survey released by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on Monday, Americans’ outlook on the labor market turned more pessimistic in May, with job prospects for job seekers dropping to their lowest level this year. The survey also showed that consumers’ inflation expectations remained largely unchanged compared to a month earlier. […]

Private credit faces another storm in the second quarter, with default rates hitting a new high

By: keiko

Blackstone has become the latest firm to restrict redemptions amid ongoing investor withdrawals, after investors attempted to redeem 10% of their shares in its flagship private credit fund. According to documents filed on Thursday, the $79 billion Blackstone Private Credit Fund (BCRED) informed shareholders that only 5% of shares would be allowed for redemption—marking a […]

Trump said in an interview that the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hike was wrong.

By: keiko

U.S. President Donald Trump said the Federal Reserve’s decision to raise interest rates was wrong, as Kevin Warsh, whom he nominated to lead the Fed, is about to chair his first Federal Reserve policy meeting. Trump attempted to shift market sentiment during an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” following a strong U.S. jobs report […]

San Francisco Fed’s Daly: Ready for either rate hike or cut

By: keiko

San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Mary Daly said the current monetary policy environment is favorable, but there is too much uncertainty in the economic outlook to predict the direction of interest rates. “Regardless of how the economic situation evolves, we are prepared to respond,” Daly said Thursday at the Bloomberg Technology Conference in San […]