Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh speaks during a news conference at Federal Reserve headquarters in Washington, July 29, 2026. Win Mcnamee | Getty Images The Federal Reserve‘s cryptic chairman is set to deliver his much-awaited keynote address Friday in Jackson Hole, with markets trying to anticipate what, if anything, he will have to say on…
Cleveland Federal Reserve President Beth Hammack on Thursday repeated her call for higher interest rates, saying recent inflation data show the central bank is still too far from its goal. A report released Wednesday showed inflation running around 3% on an annualized basis, the central bank policymaker said. Even though the monthly rates of price…
Pedestrians cross a road in front of the Bank of Korea headquarters in Seoul on July 16, 2026. Jung Yeon-je | Afp | Getty Images South Korea’s central bank on Thursday raised rates for a second straight time in its bid to cool rising prices, after core inflation reading hit the highest level last month…
Treasury yields steadied on Tuesday as investors await more data releases for insights into the U.S. economic picture. Yields on the 10-year Treasury note — the key benchmark for mortgages, auto loans and credit card debt — were flat at at 4.7021%. The longer-dated 30-year Treasury note yield was also unchanged at 5.2297%. The yield…
Gold pure gold bar models captured in Shanghai, China on March 15, 2026. Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images Gold prices on Tuesday rose to their highest in more than three months, supported by a weaker U.S. dollar and as the U.S. Treasury’s bond buyback plans keep the lid on yields. Spot gold gained…
Treasury yields moved lower Monday as investors look ahead to Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh’s keynote speech at Jackson Hole, which takes place later this week against a backdrop of bond market pressure, stubborn inflation and soaring U.S. national debt. Yields on the 10-year Treasury note — the main benchmark for mortgages, auto loans and…
A housewife (R) buys vegetables at a wet market in Singapore Roslan Rahman | Afp | Getty Images Singapore inflation missed estimates even as it accelerated to a near two-year high in July, as higher energy prices due to the Iran war lifted electricity prices. The city-state reported that consumer prices last month rose 2.2%,…
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…
Scott Bessent, Treasury Secretary, speaking a the CNBC Invest in America Forum in Washington, D.C. on April 15th, 2026. CNBC Investors over the past several days have priced in a likelihood of higher inflation ahead, a potential sign that the Treasury Department’s efforts this week to improve liquidity in the government debt market are raising…
People looks at the fruits at a shop at the Tsukiji Outer Market in Tokyo on August 22, 2025. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP) (Photo by PHILIP FONG/AFP via Getty Images) Philip Fong | Afp | Getty Images Japan’s headline inflation rate hit its highest level this year, coming in at 1.9% for July…
