Markets doubt Fed"s ability to defend economy, spur inflation

Prices consumers are paying for goods and services are climbing to post-recession highs, causing households and Wall Street anxiety just as the economy roars back with the lifting of pandemic restrictions. Here's when markets might really worry......»»

Big-money managers worry President Biden’s ambitious spending plans could derail the momentum seen in markets and the economy, according to a new Bank of America survey......»»

Inflation reflects rising demand as China's economy.....»»

U.S. equity markets staged a dram.....»»

Inflation is set to rise, in large part because we expect it to. The bigger question is where will the economy, and financial markets, go from here......»»

President-elect Joe Biden's proposal to spent another $1.9 trillion to help fight the pandemic and its shocks is putting Wall Street on inflation-watch. But investors say the U.S. economy and financial markets would be worse off without it......»»

President-elect Joe Biden's proposal to spent another $1.9 trillion to help fight the pandemic and its shocks is putting Wall Street on inflation-watch. But investors say the U.S. economy and financial markets would be worse off without it......»»

U.S. stocks opened sharply lower Thursday as anxieties about the outbreak of COVID-19 linger and investors attempt to assess the ability of governments to limit the harmful impact of the infectious disease on the global economy......»»

U.S. stock futures point sharply lower Thursday as anxieties about the outbreak of COVID-19 linger and investors attempt to assess the ability of governments to limit the harmful impact of the infectious disease on the global economy......»»

Financial markets to get a tailwind from U.S. economy’s measured growth, writes Ed Yardeni......»»

Traders are cautiously prepared to believe Jerome Powell and give the U.S. economy the benefit of the doubt......»»

U.S. consumer spending increased marginally in September while wages were unchanged, which could cast doubts on consumers' ability to continue driving the economy amid a deepening slump in business investment......»»

Expectations over the Fed’s ability to fix all that ails the economy and markets may be running a little too hot, warns our call of the day, from James Stack, president of Stack Financial Management and owner of InvesTech Research......»»

World equity markets broadly rose on Wednesday, lifted by investor optimism that British lawmakers will rule out a no-deal Brexit and fresh U.S. data that highlighted a strong economy with low inflation, an outlook that weakened the dollar......»»

The economy may have cooled in the first quarter, as it does every year, but the markets are watching to see if wages heated up......»»

The rising US Treasury yields have been a driver across financial markets this week and come as data shows a strong U.S. economy that could indicate firming inflation......»»

U.K. stocks rose for a second straight day on Wednesday, boosted by a slide in the pound after a disappointing reading on British inflation raised doubts about an August rate rise......»»

U.K. stocks book a second straight day in the green Wednesday, boosted by a slide in the pound after a disappointing reading on British inflation raised doubts about an August rate rise......»»

As the economy chugs along, investors have been eying inflation, and it seems those concerns have ratcheted up as government debt yields rise. read more.....»»

In a world of low inflation and slow recuperation from the financial crisis, even small interest-rate changes can have outsize effects on markets and the economy......»»