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The S&P 500 has rallied almost 17% in the past seven weeks, but it is still down about 6% from its all-time high of almost 5 months ago. Corporate profits continue to rise - trailing 12-month earnings are up almost 22% in the past year - yet P/E ratios (how much the market is willing to pa...

Non-shelter inflation came in relatively close to the Fed target this month, preventing non-shelter Core CPI inflation from declining too far as the hot January 2018 figure dropped off the back end. Core non-shelter inflation fell from 1.5% to 1.4%. Shelter inflation is holding up at about 3.2...

By Seema Shah, Global Investment Strategist, Principal Global Investors The market has been celebrating the Federal Reserve (Fed’s) more dovish stance, but two weeks after its U-turn, investors remain split over whether the Fed was responding to December’s market meltdown or ...

For a long time now, I have argued that one of the major factors impacting U.S. financial markets as well as world financial markets is the liquidity that exists with the global system. This abundant liquidity has come about due to the way that central banks throughout the world, but espec...

As downside risks gather, Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard says she's comfortable with the Fed's current patient stance and indicates that the central bank may be nearing the end of its program to shrink its balance sheet. More news on: iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF, ProShares...

Editor's note: This article was originally published on February 13, 2019, by Menzie Chinn here . The Federal budget has just had a big hole blown in it . Thanks to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and the last omnibus spending bill, both the Fed and foreigners (including central banks) are...

By OpenMarkets The inflationary fears that were a headwind a few months ago are no longer there. A trade detente is working its way into tensions between the U.S. and China. Jack Bouroudjian discusses how both events are affecting equity markets this week. Editor’s Note: ...

By Sonal Desai, Ph.D., Executive Vice President, Chief Investment Officer, Franklin Templeton Fixed Income While the financial markets seem to be betting on a very extended pause in the US Federal Reserve's multiyear tightening cycle, Franklin Templeton Fixed Income Group Chief Investment...

By Kathy A Jones The Federal Reserve's dovish turn at its policymaking meeting in January was a surprise for the markets. Citing "crosscurrents," Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell indicated that Fed monetary policy was on hold as the committee assesses economic conditions. Stocks and bon...

US inflation in January 2019 was, according to the CPI, the lowest in years. At just 1.55% year over year, the index hadn’t suggested this level since September 2016 right at the outset of what would become Reflation #3. Having hyped expectations over that interim, US policymakers now h...