The Federal Reserve will leave interest rates unchanged this week in spite of significant uncertainty about the outlook for the US economy, said Paul Sanjery, analyst at Generali Investments. "The extreme uncertainty triggered by the first steps of the new US administration poses downside risks to employment and upside risks to inflation," said the senior economist. The US economy is still showing healthy domestic demand and persistent inflation, which should strengthen the Fed's data-driven app...
Super central bank week is coming! Trump is using "bitter meat" to force the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates? After gold breaks through $3,000 or "shock people out of the car", US stocks may not have bottomed out yet...
Super central bank week is coming! Trump is using "bitter meat" to force the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates? After gold breaks through $3,000 or "shock people out of the car", US stocks may not have bottomed out yet...
According to 4E monitoring, affected by weak economic data and Trump's tariff policy, U.S. stocks fell sharply last week, with the three major indexes closing down collectively. The Dow fell 2.37%; the S & P 500 fell about 3.1%, its worst weekly performance since September last year. The Nasdaq fell 3.41%, falling for three consecutive weeks, falling more than 10% from its recent high.
U.S. short-term interest rate futures continue to bet that the Federal Reserve will cut rates in June and predict a total of three rate cuts in 2025, after Powell said the central bank did not need to rush into action.
U.S. short-term interest rate futures continue to bet that the Federal Reserve will cut rates in June and predict a total of three rate cuts in 2025, after Powell said the central bank did not need to rush into action.
The FOMC's permanent voting committee and New York Federal Reserve President Williams will speak in ten minutes.
Traders are pricing in a more than 50% chance that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates in May.
On February 24th, local time on the evening of February 23rd, Merz, the chairperson of the German Christian Democratic Union and the candidate for chancellor of the League Party, announced at the election celebration in Berlin: "We have won the 2025 German Bundestag election!" He called for the formation of a new government as soon as possible, saying that "the world will not wait for Germany, we must quickly have the ability to govern." Merz promised to ensure that Germany returns to the track ...
According to the CME "Fed Watch", the probability of the Fed keeping interest rates unchanged in March is 94%, and the probability of cutting interest rates by 25 basis points is 6%. The probability of keeping current interest rates unchanged in May is 67.8%, the probability of a cumulative 25 basis point cut is 30.5%, and the probability of a cumulative 50 basis point cut is 1.7%. (Jin Ten)
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a notice saying that Elon Musk's rocket manufacturing company SpaceX plans to conduct the next test flight of the Starship launch vehicle as early as February 26. The notice also pointed out that if the launch plan on the 26th cannot be carried out, the company has selected a date between February 26 and March 6 as an alternate launch window.
Federal Reserve Vice Chairperson Jefferson will speak on "central bank communications" in ten minutes.
Asked if he was considering an audit of the Fed, Mr. Musk said: "Yes, of course".
On February 20 local time, U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper of the Federal Court in Washington, D.C., ruled that the Trump administration can continue to lay off federal government employees on a large scale for now, rejecting the union's request to prevent Trump from making deep cuts 2.30 million federal employees. It is reported that the ruling on that day is temporary, and the lawsuit is still ongoing. Previously, the US Treasury employees union and four other unions filed a lawsuit las...