A big test of Powell's support
This week’s hearings could offer the first glimpse of whether that support is beginning to crack.
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This week’s hearings could offer the first glimpse of whether that support is beginning to crack.
Gold Price struggled to capitalize on the previous day's goodish recovery move from a one-month low and came under some fresh selling pressure on Thur
By the end of last week, the bond market was sending hopeful signs about the recent rate spike potentially leveling off.  It had done the same thing on the previous Friday only to give way to highest rates in 3 years as the week progressed.  Sadly, the most recent Friday offered a similar betrayal . In other words, the bond market was merely regrouping for another jump toward even weaker levels (bond market weakness = higher rates, all other things being equal).  Today's move was especially sharp because it combined general weakness from the...
Two-year yields, which are highly sensitive to monetary policy, staged the biggest one-day jump since March 2020, surging about 13 basis points to 1.15pc.
Asian stock markets have followed Wall Street higher after Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell said U.S. interest rates might be raised earlier than planned