68% of Americans couldn’t cover their living expenses for even a month if they lost their job, survey finds. The good news? Now is the best time in years to fix that.
The median amount of cash saved by Americans under the age of 35, not including retirement funds, was just $3,240 last year, according to government data. istock Recession — and layoff — fears loom large over many households. Nearly half of U.S. adults feel the country is already in a recession, a Morning Consult report […]
Secret to 2023 stock rally? Central banks have provided $1 trillion liquidity boost.
Gains for global equities have left many on Wall Street perplexed as stocks — especially high-risk growth names with little or no profits — have rebounded from last year’s punishing selloff, resisting both the pull of more attractive bond yields, and the threat of higher interest rates. But some Wall Street analysts say they’ve found […]
‘The U.S. housing market is crumbling under the weight of higher mortgage rates and rock-bottom affordability’: Prices fell the most in these U.S. states
Americans are finding it hard to afford homes at mortgage levels now beyond 7%, according to some measures. Home prices have begun to reflect that. As mortgage rates rose in the last quarter of 2022, Americans found the cost of homeownership increasingly challenging, adding hundreds of dollars in interest to their potential monthly mortgage payment. […]
Asia Gold-China demand buoyant, India ramps up purchases
By Rajendra Jadhav, Seher Dareen* Gold imports flowing into China over past few weeks- MKS PAMP* Indian banks importing more gold since market at premium-dealer* Domestic prices in Japan hovering near historic highs- traderMarch 3 (Reuters) – Physical gold prices traded at a premium in India this week, as a drop in domestic rates encouraging […]
Fed’s Goolsbee says this is a ‘strange and unprecedented moment’ for U.S. economy
The U.S. economy is in a strange and unprecedented moment, according to Austan Goolsbee, the new president of the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank. In his first speech since taking office last month, Goolsbee said he had no doubt that the economy will face “bumps in the road.” He gave the speech at an event hosted […]
Russia Turns to China’s Yuan in Effort to Ditch the Dollar: WSJ
Russia’s economy, restricted from Western financial networks and the U.S. dollar, has embraced a burgeoning alternative: the Chinese yuan. Energy exporters are increasingly getting paid in yuan. Russia’s sovereign-wealth fund, a war chest to support government spending burdened by battlefield costs in Ukraine, is using the Chinese currency to store its oil riches. Source link
Risk of ‘wrathful Old Testament–style’ reaction from central banks is rising, JPMorgan says
The “gentle and forgiving path” taken by developed-market central banks to rein in inflation over the past year is likely to prove unsuccessful and trigger the need for more forceful, biblical-type action.That’s the view of economists Bruce Kasman, Joseph Lupton and Michael Hanson of JPMorgan Chase & Co. JPM, +1.10%, who described the response of […]
Americans in Their 30s Are Piling On Debt
The overall burden is up 27% since before the pandemic, more than for any other age group. Source link
PRECIOUS-Gold eases on worries over higher-for-longer rates
*Gold down 1% this week so far*U.S. Jan PCE data due at 1330 GMT*Fed rates seen peaking at 5.338% in July(Adds comments and details, updates prices)Feb 24 (Reuters) – Gold prices inched lower on Friday as investors fretted that a recent slate of stronger-than-expected economic data from the United States could make the Federal Reserve […]
Strategist who loves challenging consensus sticks by call for 8% fed-funds rate
Dominique Dwor-Frecaut, a former associate with the New York Fed and outlier from the rest of the financial-market pack, is standing by a bold call she made a year ago: She says the Federal Reserve needs to hike its benchmark interest rate to 8%, versus the current level of 4.5%-4.75%, to stabilize inflation and could […]