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"A contested outcome is still a possibility, which could add to further volatility and result in safe-haven flows," UBS told clients.
Everyone from Facebook to YouTube to the U.S. military is taking precautions for post-election civil unrest.
Safe-haven assets seen as traditional hedges aren’t panning out as they once did, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co.Easy-money policies may actually be keeping investors in cash and away from other traditional buffers, strategists led by John Normand wrote in a note Friday.
Billionaires have Davos. For filmmakers, there’s Sundance. For the people who mine and trade and ship everything from iron ore to platinum, there’s London Metal Exchange Week. It’s a blur of symposiums and drinks, with a reliably lavish lunch thrown by JPMorgan Chase....
Over Half of Small Businesses Worry Social Distancing Will Hurt Their Chances of Survival: SurveySep 28, 2020 - 07:32:56 PDT
Over half of small business owners surveyed by Verizon worry that social distancing will challenge their survival, but the Main Street outlook has improved since spring.
The number of children who do not have enough to eat has soared in the pandemic, according to the Census Bureau and Agriculture Department.
25 Countries with the Most Debt Per Capita and Debt to GDP: 2020 RankingsSep 28, 2020 - 07:14:11 PDT
In this article we are going to talk about most indebted countries in the world. Click to skip our discussion and jump to the 20 countries with the most debt per capita and the highest debt to GDP ratios in 2020.
The Fed’s new monetary framework is long overdue, but the central bank may prove incapable of hitting its inflation target.
ECB’s Lagarde: ECB Continues to Stand Ready to Adjust All of Its InstrumentsSep 28, 2020 - 07:04:15 PDT
The economic recovery in the euro area remains incomplete, uncertain and uneven, Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank (ECB), reiterated while delivering her prepared remarks at the EU Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.
Sep 28, 2020 - 05:42:52 PDT
Given the unprecedented erosion of domestic savings, an explosive current account deficit, and the Fed determined to keep rates flat, expect the dollar to plunge by as much as 35 per cent next year.
The Fed is on shaky ground. M1 consists of demand deposits (checking accounts). Demand deposits are supposedly available on demand but money most think of as being in their account is not there at all.
A lump-sum payment in digital dollars for all Americans in a recession or to raise inflation as alternative to QE & negative interest rates, which have failed...
For the first time in its history, the U.S. Federal Reserve bought a wide variety of corporate debt issued by blue-chip borrowers such as Apple Inc., as well as junk bonds from riskier companies. The Bank of Japan, the petri dish for central banking after more than two decades of extraordinary stimulus, launched a $940 billion package of loan support for businesses.
Central Bankers 'Extend & Pretend' Has Increased Risk Of "Catastrophic Collapse"Sep 28, 2020 - 05:12:37 PDT
Central bankers have been playing an extremely dangerous game of "extend and pretend". To keep the markets afloat in a darkening economic picture requires ever larger bailouts and, eventually, the full socialization of the financial markets...
The year 1971 saw the trajectories of nearly every major trend relative to our way of life shift massively. WTF caused such a shift?
The dollar hovered near a two-month peak against a basket of currencies on Monday, as doubts about recovery persisted ahead of a barrage of economic data and political developments in the United States.
For years, investors happily bought into the dollar bonds of Chinese real-estate developers, betting that the biggest and most aggressive would become too big to fail. Even during the global markets selloff in March, private bankers told their wealthy clients not to worry.
Value of U.S. Commercial Property Slashed by 27%, Financial Times ReportsSep 28, 2020 - 04:55:21 PDT
The economic effects of the coronavirus are battering the U.S. commercial-backed securities market, raising the question of the value of hotels, malls, and other buildings that act as collateral for mortgages, according to a report in the Financial Times on Sunday.
Central banks in India and the Philippines are both forecast to keep interest rates on hold Thursday, as they balance the need for additional stimulus against a backdrop of rising market volatility.
Things have been more fluid than the Fed expected.