it could start to have a more widespread impact. We expect the scope of this shutdown to be wider than in 2018. But so far, the dollar has continued to strengthen. Although the dollar index recorded its 10th consecutive weekly gain last week, the market is very nervous, and the governmen...
I went to some street markets where they sold really unusual things, like special powders that attract men ... Or objects to cure snake bites. F: Wow!C: And in one city I went to, I got my fortune told on the street. F: Oh, yeah?C: Yeah! The fortune-tellers use shells to ...
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What do you expect Mongolia's growth rate to be over the next five years? Despite losses in agriculture-we had a very hard winter and lost almost one-fifth of our [livestock]-we're still anticipating almost 8 percent GDP growth this year... Rose,Charlie - 《Business Week》 被引量: 0...
“I think it’s very difficult to step in and buy at this point,” he said. Yet Kelly said that he wasn’t an uberbear, just short most equity markets with the exception of the U.S. “Everybody thinks I’m 100 percent short the world,” he said. “I’m like 70 percent short...
The federal funds rate — what banks charge each other for short-term loans — now sits in a range of 5.25% to 5.5%. Most economists polled by FactSet expect the Fed to leave that rate unchanged until its September meeting. The Fed's last hike was in July 2023, wh...
This week’s gathering of the central bank’s Federal Open Market Committee carries an uncommon air of mystery. While markets have made up their collective mind thatthe Fed is going to lower interest rates,there’s a vigorous debate over how far policymakers will go. ...
As we have witnessed last week, comments on the potential end to QE can generate significant volatility in financial markets. But there is something in this debate...
Investors Expect Rate Cut on Wednesday, Plus Powell Comments, Retail Sales Report Investors are anticipating a long-awaited reduction in borrowing costs this week when the Federal Reserve concludes its September meeting on Wednesday with a 2 p.m. ET announcement on interest rates. After firstraising...
Recent inflation reports have prompted several Fed officials to raise questions about the timing of interest rate cuts, after having projected in March that the Fed could make as many as three cuts this year. While the inflation outlook has made officials hesitant to forecast interest rate cuts, ...