Catenaa, Friday, June 20, 2025- US Federal Reserve should consider cutting interest rates at its next meeting, given recent tame inflation data and short-lived shock from Trump tariffs, Fed Governor Christopher Waller said on Friday. “Any tariff inflation … I don’t think is going to be that big and we should just look through it […]
Catenaa, Thursday, July 31, 2025- The US Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge showed price increases accelerated in June as inflation remained above the Fed’s 2% target. The “core” Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) index, which strips out food and energy costs and is closely watched by the central bank, rose 0.3% from the prior month, in […]
Catenaa, Tuesday, July 08, 2025– Goldman Sachs raised their year-end targets for the S&P 500 index to 6,600 on Tuesday, broadly driven by reduced policy uncertainty, corporate earnings and potential rate cuts. Goldman Sachs upped their target to 6,600 from 6,100, implying an upside of about 6% respectively to the last close of 6,229.28. This […]
Catenaa, Thursday, May 22, 2025- JPMorgan Chase Chairman Jamie Dimon said stagflation risk can’t be ruled out for the US economy as the country faces huge risks from geopolitics, deficits and price pressures. Speaking to Bloomberg on the sidelines of the lender’s Global China Summit in Shanghai on Thursday, he said they don’t agree that […]
Catenaa, Thursday, August 21, 2025- Most US Federal Reserve officials highlighted inflation risks as outweighing concerns over the labor market at their meeting last month. Officials acknowledged worries over higher inflation and weaker employment, but a majority of the 18 policymakers in attendance “judged the upside risk to inflation as the greater of these two […]
Catenaa, Friday, August 22, 2025- US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Friday said that sweeping changes in tax, trade and immigration policies have resulted in the shifting of the balance of risks between employment and stable prices. In his much-anticipated speech at the Fed’s annual conclave in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, the central bank leader […]
Catenaa, Thursday, September 18, 2025- The US Federal Reserve Chair said that there are no risk-free paths as the Fed struggles between maximizing employment and having a neutral monetary policy. “There are no risk-free paths now,” said Chair Jerome Powell at the press conference on Wednesday. “It is quite a difficult situation for policymakers.” In […]
Catenaa, Tuesday, June 24, 2025- Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Tuesday that it is well-positioned to wait on any interest rate cuts until it gains clarity on the inflation impact from Trump tariffs. “For the time being, we are well-positioned to wait to learn more about the likely course of the economy before […]
Catenaa, Friday, September 12, 2025- The Russell 2000, home to some of the riskiest stocks on the market, has been on a tear, jumping almost 10% since the end of July, doubling the advance of the S&P 500. Data compiled by Bloomberg, a bottom-up aggregation of price targets, shows analysts expect the run of outperformance […]
Catenaa, Friday, August 01, 2025- US President Donald Trump on Friday called for the Federal Reserve’s board of governors to assume the power of Fed Chair Jerome Powell if rates are not slashed. If Powell doesn’t “substantially” lower rates, “THE BOARD SHOULD ASSUME CONTROL, AND DO WHAT EVERYONE KNOWS HAS TO BE DONE!” Trump said […]
Catenaa, Friday, June 06, 2025- US President Donald Trump on Friday urged Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to cut interest rates by a full percentage point to boost the economy. “Europe has had 10 rate cuts, we have had none. Despite (Powell), our Country is doing great. Go for a full point,” Trump wrote in […]
Catenaa, Wednesday, June 18, 2025– US President Donald Trump has called for a huge reduction in US interest rates and asked whether he can “appoint myself” at the Federal Reserve, hours before the Fed announcement. “We should be two [percentage] points lower; it would be nice to be two-and-a-half points lower,” Trump said at the […]
Catenaa, Monday, September 08, 2025- Standard Chartered expects the US Federal Reserve to cut interest rates by 50 basis points at its policy meeting this month, double its earlier projection, following a soft August jobs report. Data on Friday showed US job growth weakened sharply in August and the unemployment rate rose to a near […]
Catenaa, Wednesday, September 10, 2025- US producer prices fell unexpectedly last month, dropping 0.1% from July, official data showed on Wednesday, pulled down by a decline in the costs of services. The Labor Department said that its producer price index, which captures inflation in the supply chain before it hits consumers, showed that wholesale inflation […]