Resectfully disagree; when you're riding a horse in the middle of the river and you get scared you don't try and jump off to another horse. Powell has been very clear about his position. Who would YOU put in as Preside of FED?

Dammit Bullard - YOU are the reason that the Forex markets are not moving today. Thanks to your statements everyone is afraid of the FED minutes (to be released at 14:00 EST) we will be looking to see how many members wanted another 0.50 vs. 0.25% ...

Give to Caesar what is Caesars - the rest goes into a non-disclosed trust fund for....

Well I'm glad that YOU are willing to gamble with the World and nuclear weapons - I am NOT! Didn't you ever see War Games? image If Putin is as "crazy" as you say and nukes start flying do you really think he wouldn't empty the arsenal before ...

No! there will be NO EARTH anymore. Nuclear weapons are like potato chips - you can't just set 1 off without Armageddon.

Hey this was easy to do Turn Biden's hearing aids so low that he can't hear the sirens blaring - check Make Biden wear his "special sunglasses" that are really google glass and put up rosey pictures so he is happy and smiles - check Finally raid the ...

Ok this is the 2nd FED speaker TODAY that talked about a 0.5% rate hike. Basically the FED is telling the stock market - cut out the irrational prices and go down or else!!! I think if I hear 1 more talking head say "soft landing" or "no landing" my ...

So true...but that is the world we live in today. When I very first started trading I bought the newpaper and plotted prices on graph paper. Then computers helped us to throw away the ruler and paper The internet provided us stories and daily hourly ...

OMG All FED speakers are saying the same thing and the market is basically saying.... image

REALLY???? The DATA says inflation is still present and persistent. The FED should raise rates by 0.5% at their next meeting. Until WAGE INFLATION goes NEGATIVE the FED will continue to raise rates and punish the US economy. So far the rate hikes ...

@fxx360 - I take it from your post you were "short" USD? Some corrections are in order: 1. Mester is a female not a guy (just saying) 2. Mester is saying NOTHING different than the 2 FED speakers YESTERDAY 3. The FED is "independent" from the US ...

@Formonix, why are you surprised? The CPI for Tuesday was greater than expected. The PPI being higher means 1 thing: HIGHER COSTS TO CONSUMERS IN THE NEAR FUTURE. Hey dolts at the US White House - INFLATION IS NOT UNDER CONTROL

TRANSLATION: Expect continued USD strength...TBC

Don't bother clicking on the above article as it is a mess! How can EU members have such varying degrees of inflation? What are their assumptions based upon - no criteria given either .... FLUFF PIECE

EXACTLY! That is the point! When you get into the details this data, combined with the NFP from last week indicate what? A HEALTHY LABOR MARKET! So who cares? Jerome Powell does! The ONLY way to get WAGE inflation under control is to CUT WAGES. That ...

Click on the above for full story: Key line in that story: "This is what Bloomberg chief economist Anna Wong put it: "The January jobs report showed extremely robust growth, higher than the highest estimate in the Bloomberg survey. If it seems too ...

I've said it before and I'll reiterate: DON'T FIGHT THE FED!!!

Look at what has changed in less than 48 hours!

Soooo wrong. This FORCES the hand of the FED to raise above 5.25% for 2023. This ENSURES A CRASH/RECESSION in the 3Q there will be no soft landing.

Its NOT - Something is VERY fishy here