The Federal Reserve should cut interest rates to make homes more affordable, Vice President JD Vance said Thursday, adding to the pressure President Donald Trump has placed on the central bank to cut borrowing costs. The remarks came days after Trump’s handpicked Fed chair, Kevin Warsh, hinted at the possibility of doing the opposite: addressing…
A sharp sell-off in global government bonds is exposing investor anxiety that the macroeconomic backdrop may be shifting toward persistently higher inflation, as governments struggle to rein in spending and sovereign debt. Pressure on yields is not just a factor of this year’s rise in government borrowing and higher energy prices. Investors highlight a pivot…
New York Federal Reserve President John Williams said Wednesday that the recent surge in Treasury yields is the product of a strong economy, not market dysfunction. The central bank policymaker added in a CNBC interview that he’s still absorbing economic data, and did not commit on whether he thinks an interest rate hike is necessary….
Federal Reserve Board Governor Michael Barr speaks about “Artificial Intelligence and the Labor Market” to the New York Association for Business Economics (NYABE) in New York City, U.S., Feb. 17, 2026. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Federal Reserve Governor Michael Barr said Tuesday he would be prepared to support an interest rate hike if inflation doesn’t…
If Federal Reserve chair Kevin Warsh wanted to put the bond market on alert, he certainly got his wish Friday: odds of an interest-rate hike by the central bank in its September meeting jumped to nearly 60 percent after Warsh’s speech in Jackson Hole, compared to just 35 percent on Thursday, according to Fed funds…
Visitors in the Jackson Lake Lodge ahead of the Kansas City Federal Reserve’s Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium in Moran, Wyoming, US, on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Treasury yields were little changed early Friday as global investors await the highly anticipated keynote speech from Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh…
It’s Nvidia earnings week, which means investors will get their clearest read yet on the AI boom. Oh, and there’s also the not-so-small matter of the Fed’s influential confab at Jackson Hole and what it could signal about the future path of interest rates. Those are the biggest market-moving events of the week, but we’ll…
There’s an old trader saying: “Don’t put on a position that won’t let you sleep at night.” Perpetual futures, known as “perps” in short, are literally designed to do the opposite. Blockchain-enabled, 24/7-traded, never-expiring ‘futures’ – a label now legally contested by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange – are growing so fast overseas that they almost…
Michael Selig, chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), during a Bloomberg Television interview at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) headquarters in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026. Daniel Heuer | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s first Innovation Advisory Committee meeting convened on Thursday to discuss the…
Kalshi logo is seen in this illustration taken, August 3, 2026. Dado Ruvic | Reuters Prediction market platform Kalshi in a regulatory filing on Tuesday revealed it is seeking to launch perpetual futures tied to equity indexes. The filing with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission is the latest move by the company to expand beyond…
