Explainer: What is the Treasury yield curve and what is it telling us?
A hawkish shift from the U.S. Federal Reserve last week has focused attention on the shape of the yield curve. Here’s a short primer explaining what the yield curve is and how its shape may reflect expectations of the economy’s trajectory.
Analysis: Fed’s “big tent” framework may fray under inflation surge
The U.S. Federal Reserve’s carefully crafted move last year to a jobs-first monetary policy, touted as giving workers their best chance after the pandemic, is being tested by a potentially table-turning rebound of inflation and what’s become a relative rush of policymakers determined not to let it get out of hand.
Analysis: Fed’s “big tent” framework may fray under inflation surge
The U.S. Federal Reserve’s carefully crafted move last year to a jobs-first monetary policy, touted as giving workers their best chance after the pandemic, is being tested by a potentially table-turning rebound of inflation and what’s become a relative rush of policymakers determined not to let it get out of hand.
Dollar loses some steam after Fed boost; bitcoin tumbles
The dollar dipped on Monday against major currencies, but broadly held most of the previous week’s gains after the Fed’s surprise hawkish tilt.
ECB makes good progress on new strategy, Lagarde says
European Central Bank policymakers meeting this weekend made “good progress” in reshaping the ECB’sstrategic goals, including the role it plays in fighting climate change and a revised approach to inflation, President Christine Lagarde said on Sunday.
