The current account deficit is draining $100B monthly from the private domestic sector, reducing financial balances despite ...

Risk Sentiment Shift: Credit markets tend to be more sensitive to economic shocks than equity markets. When credit spreads widen, it typically indicates that the fixed-income market is pricing in ...

US treasury market remains unsettled as inflation reports fail to calm yields, fueling speculation of Fed policy changes. PPI ...

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee said Thursday high levels of uncertainty amid very aggressive trade ...

A former NPR editor urged his previous employer to refuse federal support ... to blame if Congress chooses to withhold government funds. "NPR should regain its respect by doing something no ...

If inflation or the jobs market deviate from where they should be, the Fed adjusts the federal funds ... cut rates in the face of economic weakness. Corporate earnings sometimes decline during ...

READ MORE: Philly’s budget negotiations, explained in four charts “We are starting ... Trump has threatened to cut off all funds to so-called sanctuary cities, including Philadelphia, that decline to ...

One reason for this trend is Federal Reserve policy. The Fed responds to high inflation by raising the federal funds ... at a lower rate later on. Buying now, before rates decline, can help ...

The fund invests in Nigerian T-bills, promissory notes issued by the Federal Government ... on most money market funds are paid quarterly. With a drop in the inflation rate to 24.48 percent in January ...

The main tool that the Fed has, the all-important fed funds rate ... inflation would likely be on the decline, so the Fed could respond to that by cutting rates." A jump in unemployment could ...