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via notayesmanseconomics Over the last week or so we have seen quite a change in the economic data coming out of the US in an area the Federal Reserve looks at closely. Yesterday saw this from the Bureau of Labor …
via notayesmanseconomics As this week has progressed with the Western Capitalist Imperialists struggling with rising bond yields China can afford a wry smile. We noted the all-time lows being seen as its benchmark 10 year yield went below 2% as …
via notayesmanseconomics This week is ending with sad news rather curiously circling the letter I. First we had the aircrash in India and overnight Israel attacking Iran.But we also have something which has become rather familiar in the Presidential terms …
🇺🇸 FED CHAIRMAN JEROME POWELL JUST SAID: – appropriate for the Fed to re-evaluate how it sets and communicates monetary policy – We may be entering a period of more frequent and persistent supply shocks — Evan (@StockMKTNewz) May 15, …
via notayesmanseconomics This morning has brought news which suggests that the claimed pivot from some ECB policymakers would be sensible. Annual growth rate of broad monetary aggregate M3 increased to 3.6% in January 2025 from 3.4% in December (revised from 3.5%). In …
via notayesmanseconomics Yesterday the Chair of the US Federal Reserve went to Nashville Tennessee. Presumably not for the country music as he is a Grateful Dead fan. But he did give a speech on the subject of monetary policy. As …
by notayesmanseconomics Yesterday brought rather a marked change in views on the US economy and much of it related to this from the Institute for Supply Management or ISM. The New Orders Index remained in contraction territory, registering 44.6 percent, …
Everywhere You Look, Rates Traders Are Piling Into Rate-Cut Bets (Bloomberg) — Positioning for an economic hard landing and aggressive Federal Reserve easing next year is spreading across the US interest-rate markets. In the cash bond market, JPMorgan Chase & …
by confoundedinterest17 Appartently, Joe Biden and fellow big spenders in Washington DC, Mordor on The Potomac, don’t care about fiscal discipline. With seemingly endless spending of wars (Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and the invasion at our southern border, and inane “green” …
via notayesmanseconomics: Today is the morning after the night before and let me hand you over to the Financial Times to explain why. The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point on Wednesday …
by BoatSurfer600 Borrowers with expiring fixed-rate or tracker mortgages face difficulties, with some saying they will be forced to sell their homes via theguardian For Steven, a media consultant from Guildford, and his wife, the remortgaging nightmare is only beginning. …