The Latest Breaking News from Jerome Powell

Treasury bonds surged, pushing key two-year yields to their lowest level this year, as investors bet the collapse of three US lenders will compel policymakers to halt interest-rate increases.

The Fed's anti-inflation measures had to hurt someone.

The Federal Reserve may not hike next week as the failure of SVB and two other banks shows the risk of moving too fast. Bank stocks fell further Monday.

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In addition to Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s hawkish statements last week, the recently released hotter-than-anticipated job report for February has simultaneously raised the odds for a higher rate hike this month. This weighed heavily on the investors’ sentiments. Against this backdrop, quality value stocks Honda Motor (HMC) and NetScout Systems…

The Bank of England appears to be as confused as everybody when it comes to the outlook for interest rates. At the beginning of the month, a speech by the Bank’s Governor Andrew Bailey triggered hugely conflicting headlines. They ranged from “Bailey downplays talk of sharp rise in interest rates”…

Futures were radically split as financial regulators guaranteed all SVB Financial deposits and offered a backstop for other banks. Signature Bank was closed. But bank stocks kept tumbling.

Another hot jobs report should have consolidated bets on a 50 basis point Fed rate hike. Then came the SVB collapse.

The Fed's goal of bringing down inflation without triggering a recession may have just gotten a lot harder.

The stock market suffered serious losses this past week as Fed chief Jerome Powell's hawkish testimony and SVB Financial's collapse.

The Fed’s commitment to tame sticky inflation has raised the odds of an impending recession. Amid soaring volatilities in the stock market, cheap stocks Accel Entertainment (ACEL), trivago (TRVG), and Epsilon Energy (EPSN) might be wise portfolio additions now to garner significant returns. Read on….