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Key Insight:  The Federal Reserve’s semiannual Financial Stability Report highlighted risks posed by elevated asset valuations as a leading source of risk, whereas an earlier report…

Treasury market bulls and bears fought to a draw this week as conflicting private-sector data on the health of the US labor market left expectations for…

Key insight: Banks’ buyback plans signal confidence that regulators will implement capital requirements that are more lax than proposed rules during the Biden administration.Supporting data: The…

Key insight: Bankers overwhelmingly oppose broader presidential interference in the Fed.Supporting data: 88% favor removal only ‘for proven cause’; just 4% back absolute power.Forward look: The…

Member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors Lisa Cook speaks on “The Outlook for the Economy and Monetary Policy” at the Brookings Institution in Washington,…

Bonds may be more than just a safe haven.BondBloxx ETFs’ Tony Kelly, a former Goldman Sachs Asset Management global ETF head, contends it’s where investors can…

Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, during a news conference following a Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday,…

Mortgage rates jumped today, not because the Federal Reserve cut rates — that was as predicted and where mortgage rates had been headed — but because…

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The Federal Reserve is expected to cut interest rates on Wednesday, and wealthy U.S. households may benefit most. The federal funds rate is the interest rate at…