Central Banks

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell delivered his annual policy speech and reiterated that the central bank will continue to flight inflation even as it brings “some pain to households and businesses.”

U.S. Treasury yields fell on Thursday, with investors focused on the inflation data due.

U.S. Treasury yields were lower on Wednesday as investors continue to watch the spreads between bonds.

Yields fell on Tuesday as traders monitored ceasefire negotiations between Russia and Ukraine.

U.S. 5-year and 30-year Treasury yields have inverted for the first time since 2006, raising fears of a possible recession.

The Ukraine war is expected to hit exports, create supply-chain disruptions and push inflation higher in Poland.

The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield hit a fresh two-year high Friday as investors anticipate a more aggressive Fed.

Inflation fears and interest rate hikes remain high on the agenda for investors.

Russia’s stock market has partially reopened after its longest shutdown since the fall of the Soviet Union.

U.K. Finance Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday announced an immediate cut to fuel taxes in a bid to mitigate the country’s historic hit to living standards.

U.K. Finance Minister Rishi Sunak is announcing a new government budget in his Spring Statement.

The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield was little changed Wednesday near a fresh multi-year high.

U.K. inflation came in at an annual 6.2% in February, its highest since March 1992, as soaring food and energy costs continue to deepen the country’s cost of living crisis.

The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield hit a multi-year high Tuesday as investors digested comments from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on rate hikes.

Just as many central banks had set their sights on normalizing monetary policy as economies emerged from the pandemic, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine threw them another curveball.

Central banks are starting to question whether reliance on the U.S. dollar is a good idea, said Gal Luft of the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell vowed tough action on inflation, which he said jeopardizes an otherwise strong recovery.

U.S. Treasury yields climbed Monday after Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell warned about rampant inflation.

Fed Governor Christopher Waller said the central bank may need to enact one or more 50 basis point interest rate hikes to tame inflation.

Bullard said in a statement that he would like to see the central bank’s benchmark interest rate boosted above 3% from the near-0% level where it had stood.