Interest Rates News & Analysis

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The U.S. stock market broadened its rally this week, with all S&P 500 sectors booking weekly gains, as investors appeared relieved by interest rates in the bond market reversing some of their recent startling climb.

Recent economic performance prompts investment firms to adjust central bank predictions.

How lenders managed to rake in more than investors expected in a year when interest rates started falling and Donald Trump was elected president.

What’s shaking Wall Street seems so backwards.Swings in the bond market recently sent the yield on the 10-year Treasury above 4.80% and its highest level since 2023. That’s injected nervousness into the U.S. stock market and knocked indexe…

New data could prompt officials to hit the brakes on rate cuts.

Bloomberg reported on Thursday, citing several unnamed people, that the Bank of Japan (BoJ) is expected to raise interest rates next week, barring a major market rout following US President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.

The Bank of England (BoE) policymaker Alan Taylor said on Wednesday that the BoE should move quickly to cut interest rates “pre-emptively” as the UK is “in the last half mile on inflation.” Key quotes “Right now, I think it makes sense to cut rates pre…

Have we already reached peak interest rates? After a CPI release that shows inflation running less hot than expected, the yield on 10-year Treasuries is plummeting. Yields now stand at 4.65%, a nearly 3% drop from yesterday. And as yields on Treasuries drop, the market rises. The single biggest headwind to the market so far […]

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U.S. inflation probably worsened last month on the back of higher prices for gas, eggs, and used cars, a trend that could lessen the chance that the Federal Reserve will cut its key interest rate much this year.On Wednesday the Labor Department is exp…

December CPI rose 2.9% YOY matching the expected 2.9% Core CPI rose 3.2% YOY LESS than the expected 3.3% The Fed cut interest rates three times in 2024, lowering the federal funds rate by a total of 1 percentage point. The federal funds target rate is…

JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon said businesses are “encouraged by expectations for a more pro-growth agenda” heading into 2025.

Speaking in a scheduled appearance on Wednesday, European Central Bank (ECB) policymaker Francois Villeroy de Galhau noted: “It makes sense for interest rates to reach 2% by the summer.” Additional comments We have practically won the battle against in…

Here is what you need to know on Wednesday, January 15: Markets are witnessing a typical cautious environment before the release of the all-important US Consumer Price Index (CPI) data for December, which will provide fresh insights on the US Federal R…

Investors target stocks that are witnessing a bullish run. Some of the stocks seeing price strength are OPFI, DXPE, CRS, UAL, GPOR.

Wholesale prices in the U.S. rose modestly in December in a reprieve from a string of elevated inflation in the final months of 2024 that have likely put off any further reductions soon in interest rates.

The most recent economic data released point to inflation and interest rates remaining higher for longer.

Investors are realizing that they no longer can count on lower interest rates and inflation to support higher stock and bond prices.

The investment firm’s analysts rework forecasts on interest rates.

The Mexican Peso prolongs its agony against the US Dollar, dropping for the fifth consecutive session on Monday amid a risk-off impulse following a robust US employment report that might deter the US Federal Reserve (Fed) from cutting interest rates.

Electronics stocks like Garmin (GRMN), Greenland Technologies (GTEC) and Kopin (KOPN) are expected to benefit from investments in infrastructure and expanded capacity despite macroeconomic headwinds.

U.S. job growth surged and unemployment fell last month, an unexpected show of strength that may prove costly to homebuyers and businesses who were counting on sharply lower interest rates to lower the cost of buying everything from refrigerators to h…

The Fed may have to hold interest rates high until something breaks.

With the Fed unlikely to cut interest rates as quickly as hoped, corporate earnings growth becomes even more critical to keeping the market afloat.

Stock-market investors are turning jittery over something which has apparently happened only two times in the bond market since the early 1980s: The 10-year Treasury yield has jumped by about as much as the Federal Reserve has cut interest rates over t…