Of course, the GDP data is dramatically backward looking which is why we expect the market's fascination with the stronger components to fade quickly as attention then turns to just how ugly the GDP will be in the current quarter.
Around the world, politicians are trying to bolster economies with moves not seen in decades—nationalization among them.
The Federal Reserve’s focus on taming inflation is inflicting a world of pain on other economies.
Markets fell back Thursday after Truss shrugged off criticism and a public appeal by the International Monetary Fund to scrap the tax cut plans. Truss said she is willing to make “difficult decisions” to get the economy growing.
Fed Chair Powell will not be happy that his cunning plan to fight inflation by easing the tightness in the labor market - by raising rates and crushing the economy - does not seem to be working.
The ECB has followed the US Federal Reserve in deploying outsized rate hikes to tackle the fastest inflation since the euro was introduced. But the advances in borrowing costs coincide with rising fears of a downturn.
New prime minister blames global economic pressure for turmoil Truss addresses fallout from fiscal package for the first time
The Bank of England’s debt purchases restored a semblance of calm to global markets. But it didn’t last long.
The Federal Reserve must keep pushing interest rates higher to contain inflation despite rising volatility in global financial markets, Chicago Fed President Charles Evans said.
Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers said that heightened volatility has raised the danger of “breakdowns” in market functioning -- although that’s not yet been seen beyond the UK, and the priority for global monetary policymakers remains containing inflation.
The thought of monetary authorities simply "winging it" while simultaneously creating and destroying trillions of dollars — often overnight — does not sit well on the Street where uncertainty pays a high price.
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If the Keynesians are right, Hurricane Ian will create an economic boom here in Florida. After all, breaking windows creates demand and that stimulates the economy. And after this massive hurricane cut through Florida, there were a lot of broken windows — and much worse.
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Recent months have seen the return of central banks as global net buyers of gold, with particularly emerging markets and developing countries stepping up their interest in the precious metal. With data suggesting central banks’ appetite for gold will only grow further, concerns over the US dollar’s reserve-currency role continue to mount.
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John Reade, Global Chief Market-Strategist at the World Gold Council was in India last week. In an exclusive interview with Rajesh Bhayani he said the price of gold will face headwinds in the near future.
Perhaps in the next coming trading days, the market will turn around and start moving up, in the initial part of the cycle wave z. It may take the form of a primary standard zigzag Ⓐ-Ⓑ-Ⓒ, as shown in the chart.
However, gold prices welcomed the Bank of England’s “dramatic intervention that avoided an imminent gilts crash and sent global bond yields sharply lower,” said Edward Moya, senior market analyst at OANDA, in a market update.