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Bond yields have fallen after a sharp run-up earlier in 2022, but some investors are skeptical that the good news will last.
The Crazy Stuff & Asset Prices that arose during Easy Money are coming unglued as Easy Money ended.
Dec 19, 2022 - 11:54:35 PST
To prevent "carbon leakage" the European Parliament Reached a Deal on a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, CBAM for short.
Barry Habib and Jeff Snider both like to remind us that the Fed is missing the mark with labor markets too, as the Fed’s data is too old (“the Fed is looking in the rearview mirror”) and they are missing obvious negative trends now. SO – even though Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen penned a WSJ Op-Ed today, explaining that the economy is back!
Should our analysis be correct, Eurozone bond prices will continue to decline (yields rise), also accompanied with the deflation of the ECB balance sheet. Whether the rise in consumer prices starts to decelerate is a moot point, but the ECB is clearly pursuing a policy of monetary deflation.
As investors hope for a Santa Claus rally in the days ahead, the Grinch is looking to steal their holiday cheer.
Dec 19, 2022 - 08:15:59 PST
The highest interest rates in 15 years are delaying home dreams, putting business plans on ice and forcing many Americans to agree to loan terms that would have been unimaginable just nine months a…
Dec 19, 2022 - 08:11:21 PST
Like the Mel Gibson movie “Apocalypto!”, we are seeing the US middle class and low-wage workers being economically sacrificed by The Federal Reserve, the Biden Administration and Congress. Despite …
Let's take some property tours and find out.
Dec 19, 2022 - 08:01:37 PST
The used car market is collapsing. Let's look at the evidence.
The Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in Canada: December Update on a Housing BustDec 19, 2022 - 07:38:44 PST
The ridiculous spikes, fueled by the Bank of Canada’s interest rate repression and QE, unwind metro by metro, some lightning fast, others more leisurely.
Homebuilder Sentiment Slumps To Decade Lows, Longest Losing Streak On RecordDec 19, 2022 - 07:37:00 PST
It appears homebuilders are really starting to wake up to what Fed Chair Powell has been preaching as NAHB sentiment tumbled to the lowest level since June 2012 excluding the onset of the Covid-19 lockdowns.
Gold prices inched higher on Monday as a softer dollar countered pressure on the non-yielding bullion from expectations of higher interest rates in the United States for longer than earlier expected.
Digital currency traders and exchanges are uninsured for any losses from hacks, theft or lawsuits.
Core inflation continues to rise in many economies despite recent drop-off in headline rates...
Three of the worlds’ most influential central banks slowed their pace of interest-rate hikes this week, acknowledging easing price pressures but stressing their jobs to stamp out inflation is far from over.
Private equity will have to get the check book out in the coming months if the industry wants to return to its record pace of deal making. That’s because banks stuck with billions of dollars of risky corporate loans, a hangover from deals underwritten in a lower-rate environment, are unlikely to back sizable new transactions until well into 2023...
China to Maintain Ample Liquidity in 2023 to Implement Proactive Fiscal PolicyDec 19, 2022 - 05:37:53 PST
China will maintain reasonably ample liquidity in financial markets while better serving needs from the real economy next year, state media quoted a vice governor of the People's Bank of China (PBOC) as saying on Saturday.
The prospect of subsequent hikes in interest rates by the European Central Bank is worrying for highly indebted countries like Italy, its economy minister said on Saturday.
Japan's Nikkei share average fell to a six-week low on Monday, led by heavyweight technology stocks, after Wall Street ended lower in the previous session on fears of an economic slowdown due to the U.S. central bank's rate hikes.