Fed Buys $587 Billion In Bonds In Past Week, 2.7% Of GDP, Just As Foreign Central Banks Start To Liquidate
Fed Buys $587 Billion In Bonds In Past Week, 2.7% Of GDP, Just As Foreign Central Banks Start To Liquidat.....»»
U.S. stocks surge, global markets stabilize on heels of worst week since Great Recession
The Dow Jones industrial average brushed past a volatile start Monday and surged on expectations that central banks might calm global markets......»»
Key Events This Busy Week: Biden, Central Banks, PMIs And Earnings
Key Events This Busy Week: Biden, Central Banks, PMIs And Earnings With the US closed for MLK day, it will be a quiet start to the week. After the lull today, the week ahead is a busy one with Biden’s inauguration on Wednesday an.....»»
Citi last of big banks to start small business aid
A week after $350 billion small business relief started, Citi finally offering applications. Just not on its website......»»
Foreign central banks sold off more than $100 billion in US Treasuries as cash demand surged
Karen Bleier/AFT/Getty Images Monetary authoritie.....»»
Coronavirus "war mode" pushes Fed balance past $5 trillion for first time
The Fed bought $355 billion of Treasuries and mortgage-backed bonds in the last week in what is now an open-ended commitment to stabilize financial markets......»»
Economy week ahead: Judging the economic damage of the pandemic
Economies around the world will start to get a sense of the damage wrought by the coronavirus this week, as global central banks and governments continue their running battle to allay market fears over the scale of their response......»»
U.S. stocks surge, global markets stabilize on hopes that central banks will address coronavirus fallout
The Dow Jones industrial average brushed past a volatile start Monday and surged on expectations that central banks might calm global markets......»»
Wall Street buys the dip as investors bet on stimulus
Wall Street surged on Monday as investors hunted for bargains following reassurances by central banks that they stood ready to counter the economic impact from the coronavirus following last week's steep sell-off......»»
Corporate debt issuers to kick off sales with up to $35 billion
Sales of U.S. high-grade bonds will total between $30 billion and $35 billion next week, according to an informal survey of dealers at some of Wall Street’s biggest banks......»»
Morgan Stanley: Central Banks Are Injecting $100 Billion Per Month To Crush Vol And Spike Markets
Morgan Stanley: Central Banks Are Injecting $100 Billion Per Month To Crush Vol And Spike Markets One week ago, in response to th.....»»
Market Extra: A fear of rate surprises and market-moving Trump tweets has companies racing to issue cheap debt
Low rates are a key reason why high-grade U.S. companies issued a record $90 billion of bonds in the first week of September, but so are desires to avoid potentially market-rattling central bank moves and tweets from President Trump......»»
US Treasury Shorts Hit Record High As Foreign Banks Dump Bonds
A roller-coaster week for rates and the dollar did not.....»»
2018-06-11 Week - Bonds (Central Banks) - Corn (WASDE)
Watch bonds as an indicator of fear and potential collapse. Corn is a good buy......»»
Michael Pento: When The Yield Curve Inverts Soon, The Next Recession Will Start
Authored by Adam Taggart via PeakProsperity.com, Collectively, the world's major central banks have pumped $1.1 trillion into the markets over the past year. The result of all this .....»»
Central Banks Versus Trade Wars: What Moves the Markets Next Week
DailyFX com Talking Points Trade wars have been a dominant if sporadic fundamental theme these past few months but the EU US agreement eases tension Ahead we have five central bank rate decisions three of which Fed BoE and BoJ.....»»
The Wall Street Journal: China’s central bank frees up nearly $175 billion to jump-start economy
China’s central bank is freeing up nearly $175 billion to get commercial banks to boost their lending and pay off short-term borrowings, the latest effort by Beijing to lift growth in a slowing economy as its trade fight with the U.S. escalates......»»
Market Extra: Foreign central banks are snapping up U.S. mortgage bonds after a long lull
After years of shying away, foreign central banks are dipping their toes back into the market for mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by government-sponsored enterprises.....»»
China slashes banks" reserve requirements again as economy slows
China's central bank said on Friday it was cutting the amount of cash that banks must hold as reserves for the fifth time in the past year -- freeing up $116 billion for new lending as it tries to reduce the risk of a sharper economic slowdown......»»
Riches to Rags: Swiss Central Bank Swings from Record Profit to Large Loss
One year after posting a record profit, the Swiss National Bank swung to a 15 billion franc loss in 2018, as a double whammy of weaker global equity markets and a stronger Swiss franc eroded the value of its massive holdings of foreign stocks and bonds......»»
Foreign U.S. Treasury holdings at Fed rebound
Foreign central banks' holdings of U.S. Treasuries at the Federal Reserve rose, rebounding from a near 17-month low, even as the dollar fell to a three-month low this week, U.S. central bank data released on Thursday showed......»»