Week Ahead for FX, Bonds: Fed Minutes, PMI Data in Focus; RBA Likely to Cut Rates
Minutes from the Federal Reserve’s January meeting will be closely watched for any comments on the likely impact of President Trump’s plans for widespread trade tariffs.
How Republicans calling for smaller government could use the Fed's balance sheet to wield more power
Both times, the Fed's balance grew in size, reaching a peak of almost $9 trillion in 2022, but the second period of asset purchases consisted mostly of lower-coupon, longer-duration bonds that plunged ...
Fresh Data Gives Fed ‘Zero Reason’ to Cut
The Federal Reserve has “zero reason to cut interest rates right now,” writes Paul Stanley of Granite Bay Wealth Management ...
Wall Street Fear Index Still Signaling Calm After CPI Inflation Report
Wall Street's best-known gauge of fear and uncertainty was still indicating low volatility on Thursday, even after a ...
Fed's Powell Sees a Ways to Go on Shrinking Fed Holdings
U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testifies before a House Financial Services Committee hearing on "The Semiannual ...
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U.S. Federal Reserve
The Federal Reserve will likely wait until September before cutting its policy rate, traders bet on Thursday, as data kept alive worries over elevated inflation and a decline in jobless claims ...
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Former Federal Reserve adviser indicted and arrested for alleged espionage in dealings with China
FILE - The Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building is seen in Washington, Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File) ...
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We do not know what exactly Elon Musk is doing to the federal government
It was OPM that first created a government-wide email system and then blasted it with an offer to millions of federal workers giving them the option to resign with pay until September. The offer ...
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Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Access to Treasury’s Payments System
Democrats raised alarm this week that the Trump administration and Mr. Bessent, who was just confirmed by the Senate this week, were compromising the federal government’s payments system.
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Musk aides gain access to sensitive Treasury Department payment system
Billionaire Elon Musk’s deputies have gained access to a sensitive Treasury Department system responsible for trillions of dollars in U.S. government payments after the administration ousted a ...
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Musk Aides Lock Federal Employees Out of Computer System: ‘No Visibility Into What They Are Doing’
Employees of the OPM – which operates as the federal government’s human resources department – have no access to vital information related to more than 2.2 million federal workers ...
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Why Do Some People Claim the Federal Reserve Is Unconstitutional?
To get through the Panic of 1907, J.P. Morgan convinced other tycoons to join him in flooding the system with capital, helping banks and businesses survive; shortly after, the Federal Reserve was ...