The Latest Breaking News from US Federal Reserve

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…

Although the Fed was expected to raise interest rates by half a percentage point, analysts now believe that the collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank last week is expected to bring smaller or no rate hikes next week. Amid this backdrop, it could be wise to invest in penny stocks…

Turmoil continued to engulf shares in banks as investors rushed to reduce exposure to the banking industry after seeing equity stakes wiped out at Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank.

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”…

Fifty Republican and 17 Democratic senators voted to reduce regulations on the bank

President Biden urged Congress to tighten regulations on the banking sector and criticized a bipartisan 2018 easing of capital rules.

Analysts say US Federal Reserve will probably reject further increase in borrowing costs next week

Governments in the UK and US took extraordinary steps to stop a potential banking crisis after the historic failure of Silicon Valley Bank, even as another major bank was shut down. The UK Treasury and the Bank of England announced early Monday that they had facilitated the sale of Silicon…

The US Treasury, Federal Reserve and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation have unveiled a plan meant to stem any contagion from Silicon Valley Bank's (SVB) failure on Friday. The Federal Reserve will provide an emergency lending facility that will ensure all of the bank's depositors are repaid in full. Elsewhere, the…

The bankruptcies of US banks Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature do not pose a danger to French financial institutions, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said Monday as authorities in the US and UK took extraordinary steps to stop a potential banking crisis.

Unlike the debacle surrounding the collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried's crypto kingdom FTX late last year, the sudden demise of Silicon Valley Bank last weekend has its origins at the other end of the financial spectrum, explains Ian Verrender.