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Recession Fears Among Fund Managers Rise To Highest Level In A Decade
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The risk of a global recession is at its highest since August 2009, according to a survey of fund managers. Read more
The US Economy Is Fine, But Watch Out For Gathering Trade Storms
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The German trade surplus is stifling the economic growth in the rest of Europe, Michael Ivanovitch writes. Read more
Main Yield Curve Inverts As 2-year Yield Tops 10-year Rate, Triggering Recession Warning
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A recession occurs, on average, 22 months following such an inversion, according to Credit Suisse. Read more
Fed's Rate Cutting Helps Provide Cover For Trump To Wage The Trade War
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The president's move to intensify the trade dispute with China comes with an important backstop. Read more
Here's What That Fed Rate Cut Means For Your Finances
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Everything from credit cards to car loans are generally based on a benchmark rate, which in turn is influenced by the Fe... Read more
Former Fed Chair Janet Yellen Says She's In Favor Of An Interest Rate Cut
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Former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said she supports a 25-basis-point cut in the U.S. benchmark interest rate due... Read more
Mnuchin: 'We Were About 90% Of The Way' On China Trade Deal And There's A 'path To Complete This'
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Mnuchin tells CNBC he's confident President Trump and China's Xi Jinping can make progress in stalled trade talks. Read more
G-20 Leaders Face Toxic Brew Of Political Instability, Trade Tensions And Slowing Global Growth
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What makes this moment even more perilous is that world leaders come to the table with far less cohesiveness, nursing wo... Read more
Economists: The Fed 'isn't Enough' To Offset Damage Of Tariff Skirmishes With China And Mexico
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"It would take a dramatic easing of monetary policy for them to fully offset these kinds of effects," one economist said... Read more
The Fed Is 'indicating That A Rate Cut Is Coming,' Says Former Central Banker
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Former Fed governor Sarah Bloom Raskin said Chairman Powell's recent speech signals the central bank's willingness to co... Read more
US 10-year Yield Collapses To 2.13% As Trump's Surprise Mexico Tariffs Stoke Growth Worries
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U.S. government debt yields added to steep May declines after President Trump's tariffs on all Mexican imports took inve... Read more
A Full-blown Trade War Would Hit The Real Economy 'quite Rapidly,' ECB Warns
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Growing uncertainty about global economic growth could lead to "bouts of high volatility" in financial markets, the ECB ... Read more
10-year Treasury Yield Drops To 19-month Low As Trade Fights Threaten US Growth
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The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note fell to a 19-month low Tuesday as trade fears weighed on the U.S. econo... Read more
Increasing Tariffs On China Will Likely Hurt US Growth, Says Nomura
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U.S. President Donald Trump claims that tariffs have meant China is paying billions of dollars. Economists say that isn'... Read more
Fed's Charles Evans Tells CNBC Rates Can Stay Unchanged Into Fall Of 2020
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Chicago Federal Reserve President Charles Evans said on Monday that he'd be comfortable leaving interest rates alone unt... Read more
No Need For The Fed To Enter 'panic Mode' And Cut Rates Now, Says Moody's
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Top White House economic advisor Larry Kudlow said last week the U.S. Federal Reserve should cut interest rates by 50 ba... Read more
Looking For Recession Signs? Follow The Jobs, Says Credit Suisse Economist
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Investors trying to sniff out signs of the next recession should pay attention to an increase in broader unemployment, s... Read more
Fed's Charles Evans Says US Economy Is Slowing But Downplays Recession
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Chicago Federal Reserve President Charles Evans says the U.S. economy has slowed but downplayed chances of a recession. Read more
Fed Now Sees No Rate Hikes In 2019
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The Federal Open Market Committee released its quarterly economic forecast, which includes the so-called dot plot of whe... Read more
Fed Chair Powell: 'The Law Is Clear,' Trump Can't Fire Me
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Fed Chairman Jerome Powell tells "60 Minutes" that President Trump cannot remove him from office. Read more