Federal Reserve Chairperson Jerome Powell: Federal Reserve policy is not fixed; it can remain restrictive if inflation progress stalls, or it can ease policy if the labor market is unexpectedly weak or inflation falls more than expected.
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will formally assess the extent to which companies or individuals accused of wrongdoing cooperated or self-reported before imposing fines, in the latest signal that the derivatives regulator is changing the way it enforces. Caroline Pham, acting chairperson of the CFTC, said the new advisory is designed to create a "meaningful incentive" for companies to proactively raise issues and resolve cases more quickly with reasonable penalties. Pham said...
South Korea's financial authorities said on Friday that they would ease foreign exchange controls to improve liquidity conditions in the foreign exchange market.
Cathie Wood, founder of the Ark Fund, wrote on X that the US should deregulate and reduce the influence of institutions such as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the US FTC (FTC). Cut government spending to make room for the private sector. Implement tax cuts and focus on technological innovation. Doing so could boost the US economy more powerfully than during the "Reagan Revolution". Elon Musk retweeted the post, calling the proposals "great."
Federal Reserve Collins: The current moment seems opportune to start easing monetary policy.
Money markets upped their bets on the Federal Reserve easing far more than policymakers expected. Soon after, they also upped their bets that the European Central Bank would follow the Fed's lead in cutting interest rates. Traders now see a 60 per cent chance of a 50 basis point cut by the ECB in September, having fully digested expectations that the Fed will cut rates by 50 basis points in September. Meanwhile, the chances of a 25 basis point cut by the Bank of England are rising. These bets ar...
Fed Daly: Care must be taken not to loosen interest rates too soon or to stay put for too long.
Federal Reserve Governor Waller said that cutting interest rates this year may be appropriate, but it is not yet the time; The data shows that there is a need to reduce interest rate cuts or start relaxing policies relatively late; The risk of waiting is lower than the risk of premature interest rate cuts; The current economy is still not in a hurry to cut interest rates; The Federal Reserve may need to maintain its current interest rate target for a longer period than expected; More progress is...