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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...

By Robert Hughes AIER’s Everyday Price Index fell 0.3 percent in January after dropping 0.9 percent in December. January marks the fourth consecutive decrease in the Everyday Price Index and the fifth drop in the last seven months. The EPI measures price changes people see in everyd...

Impact of lower rates, China tax cuts and political progress likely to be evident by mid-2019 Weak incoming data, both in respect of profits forecasts and the global economy, are in sharp contrast to the strong performance of risk assets such as equities and corporate credit during 2019. C...

Jesse Livermore said, "History repeats itself all the time in Wall Street." Well, it certainly looks like there is a decent chance we are now repeating the 1937 episode Ray Dalio recounted a while back. The similarities are simply stunning. Below are a few unedited excerpts from his piece. T...

Donald Kohn is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and currently serves as an external member of the Financial Policy Committee at the Bank of England. Donald is also a 40-year veteran of the Federal Reserve System, serving previously as a governor and then as vice-chair of the Board ...

The decline in oil prices continues to weigh on headline Consumer Price Index ((CPI)) inflation, which fell 0.3 percentage point to 1.6% year-over-year in January. However, core CPI (which excludes energy and food prices) held steady at 2.2% year over year, with support from normalization in r...