Unambiguously Hawkish Powell to Trigger Higher Yields and a Stronger Dollar
Fed chair Jeremy Powell indicated that full employment is "in the low 4s", inflation is going to get to 2% quite smoothly, and the economy was...
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Volatility's Return and the Rising Risk of Policy Error
With the US now set to have fiscal deficits in excess of 5% of GDP annually over the next 12 years, at a time when the public debt/GDP ratio is...
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Weekly Oil Views: Crude Prices Bounce up with Financial Market Sentiment
The oil markets in the week of February 12-16 reminded us of the Pied Piper of Hamelin.The dark tale, set in the 13th-century German town of...
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Oil Prices Get Some Love from Financial Markets on Valentine's Day
A 2.4-2.6% rebound in benchmark Brent and WTI crude prices Wednesday (February 14) in a week of mildly bearish short-term and long-term indicators...
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Weekly Oil Views: Crude Drawn into a Financial Vortex
Crude was officially in correction mode at the end of Friday, February 9, following a week's rout led by mayhem in the global financial...
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