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US stocks crumble after Jerome Powell's hawkish comments

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2022
... believed the US economy was still very strong and performing very well. Powell also claimed that the goal of the federal reserve at this time was to "get demand and supply back in sync so that inflation moves down and do so without a slowdown that amounts ...

ETF Securities, 21Shares introduce market monitor

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2022
... Russo-Ukrainian conflict, of which capital likely came out of the equity market. Other macroeconomic triggers include the Federal Reserve's infamous interest rate hike to curb inflation which is at its 40-year-high now. The hike is expected to float ...

Biden signs executive order on digital assets

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022
... non-fungible token sale. The order also supports the development of a central bank digital currency, which the Federal Reserve is already consulting on. In late January the bank released a discussion paper weighing the pros and cons of introducing such ...

Federal Reserve mulls central bank digital currency

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2022
... transactions are liabilities of private entities, such as commercial banks, but this would be a liability of the Federal Reserve, the central bank explained. The paper states that while a CBDC could provide a safe, digital payment option, it may also ...

Pella Funds Management adds to advisory board

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2021
... Bureau of Economic Research, research fellow at the Institute for Fiscal Studies, and economic consultant at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Woods brings over 20 years of experience across ESG and sustainable investment and was previously co-head ...

Fed to ban policymakers stock, bond trading

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2021
The Federal Reserve is restricting the investing activities of policymakers and senior staff, including banning them from holding or trading individual stocks and bonds. Following a review and recent scandal, the Federal Reserve has moved to prohibit ...

Economic recap: Week to October 15

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2021
... entailed a gradual reduction in the pace of net asset purchases that, if begun later this year, would lead the Federal Reserve to end purchases around the middle of next year. The path featured monthly reductions in the pace of asset purchases, by $10 ...

Morningstar business development lead to exit

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2021
... total, he's spent almost 14 years with Morningstar, having first joined in December 2007 after six years with the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. The spokesperson said Winter has successfully grown and led a high-performing sales team since joining ...

Chief economist update: US inflation may not be as transitory as the Fed believes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
We really do see what we want to see and hear what we want to hear... and rationalise accordingly. How else does one explain the US equity market's opposing reaction to the two most important indicators the Fed watches in determining its next policy ...

Chief economist update: Be afraid of inflation expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2021
... provided a timely venue for the Fed to push back on inflation fears that drove equity markets down a day before. The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis' said: "Bullard noted that market-based inflation expectations have recovered from lows reached ...