Powell backs change in bank-capital rules to boost liquidity in Treasury market
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Wednesday he supports a change to bank capital rules that has been on the industry's wish list At the moment, the Fed's "supplementary leverage ratio" ...
Why 10-Year Yields Are on the Treasury Secretary’s Mind
Financial news is always awash in numbers, but there’s one figure that’s almost always more important than anything else: the ...
US Dollar turns down despite hot CPI
The US Dollar Index jumped after January CPI data surprises to the upside, fueling expectations of higher rates for a longer ...
Warren, Waters Warn Bank Regulators Against Aiding ‘Unlawful’ DOGE Actions
Key Democrats plan to call on the heads of the Federal Reserve, the Federal Insurance Deposit Corporation and others to safeguard the sensitive data they hold after the Trump administration threw one ...
Powell Says Easing Bank Capital Requirements Could Help Treasury Market
In House testimony Wednesday, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said a proposal to ease capital requirements for U.S. banks could also improve the functioning of the all-important U.S. Treasury ...
Dow Jones Today: Stocks Pare Losses, Yields Soar on Hot Inflation Report
U.S. stocks pared early losses on Wednesday but remained mostly lower after inflation data came in hotter than expected, potentially complicating the Federal Reserve's job of returning inflation to ...
Markets trim Fed rate cut bets following hot inflation report
A hotter-than-expected inflation reading makes it much more likely that the Federal Reserve will keep rates on hold for the foreseeable future, reinforcing a cautionary stance from Jerome Powell and ...
Wall Street Lunch: Boom Goes The CPI
Kraft Heinz ( KHC) is close to a 52-week low after it reported a 4.6% decline in sales during Q4. Organic sales fell -3.1% ...
10-year Treasury yield has biggest one-day jump of 2025 after hot inflation data
In data released on Wednesday, the U.S. consumer-price index for January came in hotter than expected. The index rose 0.5% for the month, pushing the annual headline rate of inflation to 3%. Meanwhile ...
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell returns to Congress following January inflation spike
The change was slightly above analysts' expectations and is likely to bolster reluctance at the Fed to cut interest rates any further.
Falling inflation-adjusted yields have cheered investors. Why it may not last.
Long-term real yields probably won't keep falling this year in the U.S., as investors are "getting to grips" with Treasury-inflation protected securities under the new White House administration, ...
Interest rates should be lowered, something which would go hand in hand with upcoming tariffs, Trump says
"Interest Rates should be lowered, something which would go hand in hand with upcoming Tariffs!!! Lets Rock and Roll, America ...