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Dollar Up on Fresh Concerns Out of China and Russia and Continuing Worries that Fight to Constrain Inflation Will Cause a Global Recession
July 11, 2022
The highly contagious BA.5 subvariant of Omicron has emerged in China, prompting officials there to reimpose Covid restrictions that previously slowed that economy significantly. Russian President Putin warned that western sanctions will lead to an intensifying energy crisis. Higher inflation has been reported in several countries. Factors like these would make this a very challenging […] More
Global Slowdown Concerns Remain in Play
January 10, 2019
FOMC minutes yesterday revealed less clarity about the future path of the fed funds target. Some committee members had been hesitant to endorse December’s rate hike, the ninth of this tightening cycle, although a consensus persists that a few more increase are probable in the future. Ultimately, policy will be reactive to the data, and […] More
