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FOMC Minutes Show “Many Fed Officials” See Rate-Cuts Warranted…

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Since the June FOMC meeting, Gold has dramatically outperformed. Stocks are higher but bonds and the dollar have roundtripped to unchanged (at least before Powell’s testimony sparked some comeback). Better-than-expected macro data has been the theme in the short amount of time since the June FOMC meeting. But Powell vehemently shrugged good news off today, […]

Wall Street Wins OK for Payouts Worth Billions in Fed Stress Tests…

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The largest U.S. banks are poised to return billions of dollars to investors after Federal Reserve stress tests showed planned dividends and stock buybacks wouldn’t leave them too weak to survive a harsh economic downturn. Under the most severe test scenario, a recession with unemployment spiking to 10% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling […]

Fed Scraps Its ‘Patient’ Interest Rate Approach in Prelude to Potential Cut…

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The Federal Reserve indicated a readiness to lower interest rates for the first time in more than a decade, citing “uncertainties” in the outlook that have increased the case for a cut as officials seek to prolong the near-record U.S. economic expansion. While Chairman Jerome Powell and fellow policy makers left their key rate in […]

Bonds Surge, Stocks Rally After Fed Turns Dovish…

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U.S. stocks rallied for a third day and yields on shorter-maturity Treasuries tumbled after the Federal Reserve struck a dovish tone in its latest policy statement. The dollar weakened against almost all its major peers. The benchmark S&P 500 pushed within striking distance of an all-time high set April 30, led by gains in the […]

Here Come the Central Banks: A Look at This Week’s Barrage of Key Events…

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Brace for a barrage of flashing red central bank headlines. Central banks are set to steal the limelight on the coming sessions, and Markets will have to prepare themselves for a packed week of events next week, headlined by the Fed meeting. Additionally, the BoE and BoJ will also meet, ECB leaders gather in Sintra, […]

The Fed’s Glue-Sniffing Announcement Yesterday Involving JPMorgan Chase…

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Federal Reserve inspectors appear to be on some kind of mind-altering drug or their superiors are simply taking their marching orders from Wall Street cronies in the Trump Administration. Yesterday the Fed released a terse 104-word statement indicating that the largest and serially charged bank in the U.S., JPMorgan Chase, had shown “evidence of substantial […]

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