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Fed's Barr: Housing Affordability Is at a 21-Year Low as Rates Bite
The Fed governor says home affordability has fallen to its worst reading in 21 years and further rate adjustments are li...
Wall Street Reprices Fed Path as 10-Year Treasury Yield Hits 5.08%
Strong manufacturing data, oil prices near $100 and rising rate expectations sent U.S. Treasury yields to their highest ...
Bitcoin Holds Near $75,000 Despite Fed Hike and Failed Clarity Act Vote
A Senate failure and a Federal Reserve rate increase did not produce the expected crypto sell-off. Analysts now see rang...
Federal Reserve Raises Key Rate to 3.75%-4% as Oil-Driven Inflation Persists
The central bank's first hike in three years moves the target range to 3.75%-4.0%. Chair Kevin Warsh says inflation is s...
Fed Raises Rates by a Quarter Point and Signals More Tightening as Underlying Inflation Stalls
The Federal Reserve lifted its benchmark rate by 25 basis points and pencilled in another hike this year, with officials...
Are Markets Pricing Too Many Fed Rate Hikes?
Rising US producer prices, driven by energy, have cemented bets on a 25bp Fed hike this week. But a Middle East de-escal...
10-Year Treasury at 5% Puts Commercial Real Estate Borrowing to the Test
The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield hit 5.04%, its first sustained level since 2007 outside a brief 2023 episode, raising fi...
US CPI Day: Why August Inflation Could Reprice Fed Bets, the Dollar and Gold
The August CPI print is expected at 0.4% m/m headline and 0.2% core. The surprise against those forecasts—not the level—...
Housing's Year-Over-Year Comps Turn Tougher as Rates Stay Above 6.64%
Inventory climbs to 883,683 and purchase applications flatten as mortgage rates above 6.64% collide with stronger 2025 c...
Strong US August payrolls lift rate-hike odds to 58%; Dow falls
US employers added 162,000 jobs in August, far above the 53,000 forecast. Traders now see a 58% chance of a September Fe...
Schroders Adds Long-Dated US Treasuries, Sees Yield Peak Near 5%
The British asset manager says 10-year US yields of 4.8%–5% are a buying opportunity, while Equiti's research chief outl...
DAX Pulls Back From Record as Oil Spike and Hawkish Fed Signal Shake Europe
European markets edged lower on Monday after Friday's record DAX close, with oil-price gains from US-Iran escalation and...
The Income Playbook Built for a 5% Treasury Era
With the 10-year Treasury near 4.74% and the 30-year above 5.27%, an income analysis argues for pairing midstream MLPs w...
Fed's Warsh Opens Door to Rate Hike as Oil Slides and AI Stocks Rally
Fed Chair Kevin Warsh left the door open to tightening after a hot core PCE reading, while Brent slipped on Hormuz hopes...
Fed's Warsh Signals Higher Rates Possible as Markets Reprice Hike Odds
Warsh's Jackson Hole debut pushes traders to see a near-60% chance of a September hike; stocks drift while two-year yiel...
Gold Hits Two-Month High as Treasury Liquidity Support Weakens Dollar
Treasury's expanded buybacks and a weaker dollar lifted gold above $4,500 for the first time since early June, while sil...
Gold Steadies Near $4,337 as Traders Wait for Fed July Minutes
Gold stabilises after Tuesday's bond-yield slide, with FOMC minutes due at 18:00 GMT and CME pricing showing a 64% chanc...
Wall Street Ends Lower as Weak Retail Sales and Chip Selloff Weigh
US stocks fell Friday as chip names slid, July retail sales unexpectedly dropped 0.6%, and Strait of Hormuz shipping dis...
US 30-Year Treasury Yield Hits 25-Year High as Deficit Financing Costs Mount
A 30-year auction priced at 5.216% and a 10-year sale at 4.683% show investors demanding more for US debt as July's defi...
Russian Stocks Flat as Oil Rally Offsets Ukraine War Gloom; HeadHunter Jumps on Dividend
MOEX and RTS barely moved on Aug. 14 as higher Brent and HeadHunter's dividend news competed with geopolitical drift; an...
US Inflation Stays at 3.4% as 25-Year-High Bond Yields and Soft Jobs Data Test the Fed
US inflation is stuck at 3.4%, long-term Treasury yields have hit 25-year highs above 5%, and weak job creation is compl...
AI's Infrastructure Boom Is Now an Inflation Risk for Stocks and Bonds
Computer, software and energy costs tied to AI are pushing inflation higher now, complicating Fed policy and lifting Tre...
S&P 500 hits record, Nasdaq gains as soft producer prices cool Fed hike bets
Cooler producer inflation followed the CPI slowdown, lifting US stocks to a record even as AI earnings split and oil pri...
Cooler July Inflation Gives Fed Room to Hold Rates in September
Lower-than-expected CPI and PPI readings have shifted market bets from a September hike to no change, but the August 26 ...
US Borrows at Highest 10-Year Yield Since 2007 as Inflation Cools
July's 0.1% monthly CPI gain trimmed September Fed hike odds, but the Treasury sold 10-year notes at 4.683%—the highest ...
Gold Holds Fourth Weekly Gain as US Consumer Data Weakens
Comex gold nears a fourth straight weekly rise at $4,446.76 as weak US retail sales and a drop in consumer sentiment sup...
Kazakhstan's KASE Index Hits Record Above 8,100 as Oil Climbs and US Inflation Cools
Oil, slower US inflation and a Kaspi.kz dividend catalyst pushed Kazakhstan's benchmark to a fresh high. The week's winn...
US Futures Steady as Cooling Producer Prices Bolster Fed-Hold Bets
Cooling producer prices and a modest rise in jobless claims leave US futures sideways, while Applied Materials slips aft...
S&P 500 Closes at Record High as Cooling Inflation Fuels Fed Pause Bets
US stocks rose Thursday, with the S&P 500 hitting a record close as softer producer price data reinforced bets that the ...
Gold Closes 1% Lower as Profit-Taking Follows Two-Month High
December gold fell $47.10 to $4,420.40 an ounce as traders took profits after a two-month high; silver dropped 1% to $64...