The Distortions Of Doom - Part 2: The Fatal Flaws Of Reserve Currencies

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Australian Dollar: USD/AUD (AUD=X) strong gains against most major currencies The Australian dollar surged on Wednesday as doubts about the pace of rate hikes from the US Federal Reserve resurfaced. After doing very little for the.....»»

Major currencies recovered from Wednesday’s post-Powell turbulence on Thursday, with the dollar stabilizing and its rivals giving back at least part of their gains......»»

The U.S. dollar takes a turn for the worse, dropping into negative territory, after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell describes U.S. interest rates as “just below” the neutral rate on Wednesday......»»

Currency markets are rather calm ahead of a much anticipated speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell later on Wednesday, as investors are waiting for the advent of the next driver for major currencies......»»

The steep plunge in crude futures in the last few weeks was triggered by a nascent glut as supply-growth started to outpace demand, but it was also part of a broader pullback from risky emerging market assets such as Asian currencies and stocks......»»

The dollar fell to one-week lows against a basket of currencies on Friday as two Federal Reserve officials cautioned in separate television interviews about slowing global economic growth, raising doubts about the number of future rate increases......»»

Women joining the workforce may be a key part of U.S. economic growth. The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco has a new study that indicates what it will take to bring the women back......»»

The U.S. dollar retains a slight strengthening posture Friday, after the Federal Reserve kept rates unchanged but signaled that further interest-rate increases were on the horizon......»»

The U.S. dollar retains a slight strengthening posture Friday, after the Federal Reserve kept rates unchanged but signaled that further interest-rate increases were on the horizon......»»

The U.S. dollar extends earlier gains on Thursday, recovering ground from its post-midterm election slide the previous day, as the Federal Reserve keeps its monetary policy on hold and indicates further gradual rate hikes in the future......»»

BUYING NEW | Community will have 22 single-family houses, near parkland and trails, in Fairfax County, Va......»»

The Federal Reserve has been telegraphing to the market that it intends to keep raising rates both to stave off high inflation and to prevent financial markets from getting unhinged. The market, though, seems to stop reading after the "inflation" part......»»

"Somewhere in the heart of bitcoin is a bit of protest of big bank bailouts.” Bitcoin was created in part out of a distrust of centralized authorities like the Federal Reserve. Now a symbol of the cryptocurrency’.....»»

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin attempted early Thursday to soften his boss, Donald Trump’s, harsh criticism of the Federal Reserve for a role in a midweek rout that handed U.S. stocks their biggest drop since February......»»

Prominent bitcoin detractor Nouriel Roubini has poured cold water on digital currencies for an umpteenth time......»»

Prominent bitcoin detractor Nouriel Roubini has poured cold water on digital currencies for an umpteenth time......»»

Hollis Johnson/Business Insider Helios and Matheson, the parent of MoviePass, is required to reserve millions of shares of stock as part of a series of debt agreements......»»