Inflation increased in January as expected, according to a key indicator the Federal Reserve uses when deciding whether to cut interest rates. The Dow Jones consensus estimate indicated that the personal consumption expenditures price index, which does not include food and energy costs, increased by 2.8% from a year ago and by 0.4% for the…
Monday saw a slight increase in U.S. Treasury yields as investors braced themselves for this week’s Federal Reserve policy meeting. At 4.277%, the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note increased by 3.1 basis points. The 30-year Treasury bond yielded 4.35%, which was 2 basis points higher. Price movement is inverse for yields. Traders are…
According to flash data released on Thursday, annual inflation in the euro zone fell to 2.4% in November from 2.9% in October. A reading of 2.7% was anticipated by Reuters polling economists. The European Central Bank’s closely watched core inflation rate, which takes into account only the volatile effects of food, energy, alcohol, and tobacco,…
As optimistic investors assessed the possibility that the United States will finally see a bitcoin ETF in the upcoming months, cryptocurrency prices briefly soared to start the week. An unconfirmed report that the Securities and Exchange Commission had officially approved the iShares spot bitcoin ETF caused bitcoin to briefly spike above $30,000 on Monday morning….
