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A measure of applications to refinance a U.S. home slid last week to a three-year low and filings to purchase a property dropped by the most since mid-February as mortgage rates continued to rise.
U.S. markets were on track to open lower on Wednesday, after a Federal Reserve official’s comments fueled expectations of more aggressive rate hikes and the White House announced more sanctions on Russia
Tackling record euro-zone inflation through monetary policy alone would risk imposing steep costs on society, a senior European Central Bank official said, urging governments to share some of the burden by shielding households from soaring energy prices.
Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard sounded a hawkish tone on Tuesday, promising to ramp up the inflation fight. As Peter Schiff put it in his podcast, the uber-dove started talking like a super-hawk. But the Fed members aren't really going to be able to follow through on this inflation fight. In reality, they aren't hawks. They're chickenhawks.
A US government debt downturn deepened on Wednesday and stock markets fell, after a top Federal Reserve official signalled a rapid reversal of the central bank’s ultra-loose pandemic-era policies.
The markets could crumble under the weight of a series of rate hikes and nagging inflation well before the year ends, warns a top strategist.
10-Year Treasury Yield Pushes Above 2.6% As Investors Brace for Fed Minutes: MWApr 6, 2022 - 05:46:13 PDT
Treasury yields jump early Wednesday as investors await minutes of the Federal Reserve's March policy meeting, which is expected to offer details on plans to begin unwinding the central bank's nearly $9 trillion balance sheet.
Laurence Kotlikoff, author of “Money Magic: An Economist's Secrets to More Money, Less Risk, and a Better Life," shares his advice for retirement planning.
Money-market traders are betting the Federal Reserve is heading for its most aggressive monetary policy tightening in almost three decades as it fights a commodity-driven inflation spike.
A gauge of global bonds dropped below a key fixed-income watermark after Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard signaled a quicker-than-expected rundown of the central bank’s debt holdings.
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Nations that fail to adapt to the end of financialization and globalization will unravel.
Americans are more financially stressed than a year ago, with 48% thinking about higher prices all the time, a CNBC + Acorns Invest in You survey found.
Mortgage Rates 5%+, 2 & 10-Year Treasury Yields Spike as Fed Brainard says Inflation is Much WorseApr 5, 2022 - 12:40:18 PDT
“It is of paramount importance to get inflation down,” she said to get markets to prepare for what’s coming. And they’re preparing.
Treasury bonds have left a bad taste in investors’ mouths for the past couple of years. And this collective “UGH!” comes after years of solid returns.
Will the bull market continue? Or is this the beginning of the end?
China ‘Preparing for War’ With US, Asia by Partnering With Russia, Expert WarnsApr 5, 2022 - 12:07:05 PDT
JONATHAN D.T. WARD: …China is preparing for war with the United States and Asia, and if and when that happens, they want Russia as their partner on that date. You know, this is a joint idea of taking down the US-led order.
Apr 5, 2022 - 12:03:41 PDT
For the 2023 fiscal year, President Biden requested a massive $813 billion military budget, about a 4% increase from the $782 billion that was approved for 2022. But for hawks in Congress, it’s not enough. Republicans are largely united in their calls for more military spending than what Biden wants. Republican hawks want...
If Finland and Sweden Apply To Join NATO, They Would Be Welcomed, Stoltenberg SaysApr 5, 2022 - 11:57:43 PDT
NATO allies would welcome Finland and Sweden into the alliance if they decided to join but any such move is up to the two nations, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday.
The United States should look at the development of more bases in Eastern Europe to protect against Russian aggression, but rotate forces through them rather than make permanent deployments, the top U.S military officer told Congress on Tuesday.