How will the U.S. dollar respond to Federal Reserve rate cuts? The factors that have supported a strong dollar for years remain largely intact.
Nor should it. This may be a long shot prediction, but it seems to me there is a growing sense in some US circles that maintaining the dollar as the reserve currency is a public good whose cost was manageable during most of the post-War period but, perhaps since the 1980s, has become...
China Life announced in the Insurance Association that the company has reviewed and passed a bill to increase the registered capital of 300 million yuan. The registered capital will increase from 2.6 billion yuan to 2.9 billion yuan. According to reports, China Life targeted 240 million additional...
But, Nicky states, this might change during 2025. The potential drivers ofa weaker dollar next yearcould include: a shift in global economic growth favouring other regions, potential Fed rate cuts, and a gradualreduction in global demand for the dollar (dedollarisation). A...
The Fed wants to keep rates where they are for as long as it can and expects to lower them at some point, perhaps in 2024. Yet, any supply chain disruptions may trigger inflation, which will reignite the rate hike cycle. Few in the markets are prepared for this plausible turn. So, al...
that the United States economy is on track for a soft landing. With one more interest rate increase expected before the end of the trading year, the US Federal Reserve is likely to pause and adopt a less aggressive stance, which may reduce some of the support for the dollar index.Learn ...
That being said, institutional access to and investment in Bitcoin and the cryptocurrency market is expected to continue growing in 2026, as crypto regulations take shape and increase both investor confidence and investor access to digital assets. As a result, the drop in price between 2025 and ...
In 2023, workers paid Social Security taxes on income up to $160,200. For an individual, the tax rate is 6.2% of earnings, with their employer paying another 6.2% into the program. But that threshold willriseto $168,600 in 2024, which means higher earners are likely to face higher Soc...
Having a dollar amount as your long-term savings goal is good, but it's also helpful to focus onhow much you should sock awayeach year. Traditionally, 10% to 15% has been recommended as the ideal savings rate. Fidelity further refines that to say that you can retire comfortably with a...
With equal truth it may be said that a first-rate mind is not one which does not remember the past, nor is it one which cannot forget the past; it is a mind which will use the past but not be ordered by it. It is a mind independent of everybody and everything but the facts ...