Market Overview

If Federal Reserve policymakers are sincere about wanting to achieve their stated goal of maximum employment, they’ll have to stop ignoring the economic realities before their eyes.The April...

Reports Q1 results on Tuesday, May 4, before the market open Revenue Expectation: $13.67 billion EPS Expectation: $0.78 Despite developing the first authorized COVID-19 vaccine to be used in the U.S....

President Joseph Biden's $1.9 trillion pandemic relief is likely to set markets, including commodities, on a mixed course this week as the tug-of-war between economic recovery and inflation risks...

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is going to have to do a better job than he did during last week's congressional testimony, of convincing investors he means what he says when promising the Fed...

Federal Reserve policymakers are trying to calibrate the uncertainties of a pandemic, a vaccine rollout, and the impact of fiscal and monetary stimulus on the economy and inflation—not to...

Federal Reserve policymakers have honed their messaging for the new year—no monetary policy changes in 2021 regardless of COVID-19 vaccines and the prospect of economic recovery in the second...

Compiled by Jesse CohenWall Street’s major indices are on track to end 2020 at all-time highs as optimism over progress on the COVID-19 vaccine front—combined with optimism over additional...

Central banks showed they had learned a thing or two from the 2008-09 financial crisis as they successfully navigated an unprecedented pandemic and lockdowns this year. They reacted forcefully to keep...

On Friday, US employment data seemed to confirm the worst for the US, that the rampaging COVID-19 pandemic was holding the US recovery far too close to the waterline. Non-Farm Payrolls added only...

Investors were focused on what policymakers were thinking about the Federal Reserve’s asset purchases when the minutes of the monetary policy meeting in early November were published last week...

Manufacturing PMIs beat expectationsFinancial markets have had to cope with something most usual over the past 24 hours in 2020, a procession of good news. The efficacy of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19...

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has been urging Congress to provide more fiscal aid, but a deadlock between Republicans and Democrats has blocked a second stimulus package.Against that...

The vaccine rotation trade got another burst of momentum overnight, with Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine preliminary data indicating a 94.50% effectiveness. More importantly, it can be stored in a...

Equities extended their gains on Tuesday but currencies consolidated as traders worry about President Trump’s campaign to challenge the election. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said...