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In the first - but certainly not last - major shake up at a key US financial regulator under the Biden admin, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Martin Gruenberg bowed to pressure to resign from the bank regulator after an external investigation found widespread sexual harassment at the agency and lawmakers of both parties berated his leadership, ...
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Ivan F. Boesky, the flamboyant stock trader whose cooperation with the government cracked open one of the largest insider trading scandals on Wall Street, has died at the age of 87. His daughter Marianne Boesky told The New York Times on Monday that he died in his sleep, and his wife confirmed Boesky’s death to The Washington Post. No cause of death was ...
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Technical analysts use the Relative Strength Index (RSI) as a momentum indicator. In order to determine whether a security’s price is overvalued or undervalued, it analyses the rate and magnitude of recent price fluctuations. Developed by J. Welles Wilder Jr., the RSI is represented as an oscillator on a scale from zero to 100. It was first published in his ...
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San Francisco Fed president Mary Daly told Axios on Friday that it's not clear whether inflation is definitively receding and there is no "urgency" to adjust interest rates. Why it matters: Inflation cooled for the first time in 2024 last month, relieving economists that progress might not have stalled out. But one month of data has not convinced Fed officials that price pressures are evaporating in a way that puts near-term interest rates back on the table. What they're saying: "Fortunately, policy is in a very good place. We are in what I call the ready position," Daly told Axios at the University of San Francisco. "We can adjust policy as we need to." • Earlier this month, the Fed acknowledged signs that progress on inflation had stalled. That's raised questions about whether decades-high interest rates might need to be pushed up further to wrestle inflation down. post: FED'S DALY: I AM NOT YET CONFIDENT INFLATION COMING DOWN SUSTAINABLY TO 2%. post: FED'S DALY: I EXPECT IMPROVEMENT IN SHELTER INFLATION, JUST NOT RAPIDLY.
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Sr. Technical Strategist Michael Boutros (@MBForex) highlights the targets & invalidation levels that matter on the technical charts into the weekly open.
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post: Mester: Rate Cut Depends on Progress with Inflation Mester: Lack of Progress on Inflation Was Not Welcome Mester: No Risk in Spending More Time Gathering Data on Inflation Because Economy is Strong Mester: MonPol’s Moderating Demand, but Not as Fast as Expected post: Mester: Still Think Inflation Will Come Down Mester: but Inflation Won’t Come Down Quickly post: Mester: if There’s Unforseen Deterioriation on Realside of Economy, Can Cut Rates Mester: Can Hold Rates, or Even Raise Them, if Inflation, Against Expectations Stalls Out or Reverses post: Fed’s Mester: Neutral Rate May Be Higher Than Previously Expected - BBG TV - Says She Raised Her Estimate On Neutral Rate In March - Previously Saw 3 Cuts In 2024, No Longer Believes 3 Cuts Is Appropriate
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The Federal Reserve System is the central bank of the United States. It performs five general functions to promote the effective operation of the U.S. economy and, more generally, ...
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The US Federal Reserve should keep interest rates at their current elevated levels for longer than previously expected due to disappointing recent inflation data, a senior bank ...
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UK policy rate decision scheduled for 20 June will be influenced by two upcoming inflation reports. Current consensus and market pricing indicate a 60% probability of a rate cut. ...
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Thank you, Mark, for the kind introduction, and good morning to all of you.1 I am happy to be here. Today, I will do three things. First, I'll share with you my current outlook for the US economy. Second, I'll discuss my thinking on the current stance of monetary policy. Third, I'll review the dynamics of housing prices which can feed into the persistence of inflation. My focus on housing price dynamic stems from the role housing plays in the American economy. For most families, a home is their largest-ever purchase and their most valuable asset. Capital markets professionals in real estate finance, like you, are crucial to the smooth operation of the housing sector. Families making housing decisions rely on a healthy and productive housing finance sector. The housing sector is also one of the most interest rate–sensitive sectors of the economy. As such, it's an important channel of monetary policy transmission. Understanding the various channels of monetary transmission is crucial to fulfillment of the dual mandate given to the Federal Reserve by the Congress: maximum employment and stable prices. This mandate guides my thinking about monetary policymaking. With that, I'll turn to my outlook for the US economy. Aggregate Economic Activity The U.S. economy continues to grow at a solid pace. Adjusted for inflation, GDP was reported to have increased at a 1.6 percent annual rate in the first quarter of 2024. That was a moderation from a 3.4 percent expansion in the fourth quarter of last year. However, private domestic final purchases—which excludes inventory investment, government spending, and net exports and usually sends a clearer signal on underlying demand—grew 3.1 percent in the first quarter. That was about as strong as the second half of 2023. post: Fed's Jefferson: Policy Rate is in Restrictive Territory Jefferson: April’s Better Inflation Reading is Encouraging Jefferson: Long-Term Inflation Expectations Show Americans Believe Fed Will Make Good on 2% Inflation Goal
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San Francisco Fed president Mary Daly told Axios on Friday that it's not clear whether inflation is definitively receding and there is no "urgency" to adjust interest rates. Why it matters: Inflation cooled for the first time in 2024 last month, relieving economists that progress might not have stalled out. But one month of data has not convinced Fed officials that price pressures are evaporating in a way that puts near-term interest rates back on the table. What they're saying: "Fortunately, policy is in a very good place. We are in what I call the ready position," Daly told Axios at the University of San Francisco. "We can adjust policy as we need to." • Earlier this month, the Fed acknowledged signs that progress on inflation had stalled. That's raised questions about whether decades-high interest rates might need to be pushed up further to wrestle inflation down. post: FED'S DALY: I AM NOT YET CONFIDENT INFLATION COMING DOWN SUSTAINABLY TO 2%. post: FED'S DALY: I EXPECT IMPROVEMENT IN SHELTER INFLATION, JUST NOT RAPIDLY.
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post: Fed’s Jefferson: Important Not to Focus on Just One Data Point post: FED'S JEFFERSON: THE LABOR MARKET HAS BEEN QUITE RESILIENT. post: FED'S JEFFERSON: IT IS POSSIBLE TO HAVE CONTINUED JOB GROWTH WHILE DISINFLATION CONTINUES. post: FED'S JEFFERSON: IT IS APPROPRIATE TO RETURN TO A MORE NORMAL BALANCE SHEET.
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The Bank of Japan (BoJ) could influence buyer demand for the USD/JPY on Tuesday (May 21). Speculation continues to grow about a June BoJ interest rate hike. However, on Monday (May 20), the USD/JPY extended its winning streak to three sessions. Interest rate differentials remain firmly in favor of the US dollar despite the expectations of the BoJ and Fed ...
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Sr. Technical Strategist Michael Boutros (@MBForex) highlights the targets & invalidation levels that matter on the technical charts into the weekly open.
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MyFlashFunding has confirmed that a large number of its traders have been faced with delayed payouts from the retail prop trading firm. We had reported a few weeks ago that MyFlashFunding was removed from prop trading comparison site Propfirmmatch.com, with Propfirmmatch reporting that many clients had been informing of denied payouts and adjusted client ...