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US Close: Markets embrace lengthy Balance Sheet runoff debate, Fed readies March hike

US stocks went on a rollercoaster ride after Fed Chair Powell’s testimony signaled that the Fed “in all likelihood” will be normalizing policy, while allowing the balance-sheet runoff later this year. The Fed sees inflation lasting till mid-2022 and that is probably when they will let the balance sheet decline. Wall Street now has a better understanding on how the Fed will normalize policy and with the balance runoff likely taking up to four meetings.

11-01-2022 14:11 GMT by Edward Moya

US Close: Stocks slump as inflation fears drive Fed rate hike expectations, Dollar follows Treasury yields

US stocks are sliding as surging pricing pressures have the Fed on a fast-track to get rates back to neutral. Every trader over the weekend read the Goldman note that eyed four Fed rates hikes and balance sheet runoff in July, if not sooner. Surging yields are kryptonite for many tech stocks and that theme won't change until after we get past the first couple rate hikes. Today is all about risk aversion as fears grow that financial markets completely misread the Fed's scramble to battle inflat

10-01-2022 14:23 GMT by Edward Moya

NFP React: Wages and Unemployment suggest March is a go for the Fed, Yields rise

A big deceleration in hiring will do little to change the Fed’s hawkish course. Today's nonfarm payroll report required a good look at all the numbers and not just the headline miss.

07-01-2022 12:11 GMT by Edward Moya

US Close: Mixed Session, US Data, Yields rally, Lira weakens

US stocks were mixed as some traders found value in the heavily beaten-up tech sector, while some were hesitant to put on massive positions before Friday’s nonfarm payroll report. The big question for many traders' is how high yields will go up and at one point will it become a problem for the economy. Most of Wall Street has an upbeat outlook for 2022, but the risks of a Fed policy mistake, US geopolitical tensions with both Russia and China, and inflationary pressures, pose serious risks to t

06-01-2022 15:53 GMT by Edward Moya

Asia follows Wall Street south

Hawkish FOMC minutes send equity markets lower Wall Street had a torrid session as a hawk FOMC minutes highlighted the amount of post-omicron speculative longs positions that were out there. Technology came in for particular attention, the Nasdaq suffering its biggest one-day drop in nearly a year.

06-01-2022 04:51 GMT by Jeffrey Halley

US Close: ISM shows pricing pressures ease, Jolts show the Great Resignation continues, Fed's dove sees 2 hikes in 2022

It wasn’t much of a rally, but we did get a Santa rally. The second trading day of the New Year marks the end of the Santa rally and more importantly the latest updates over how quickly global supply constraints are easing, but sadly that might not last due to omicron. US stocks could not hold onto earlier gains as tech stocks got pummeled over fears that Treasury yields will go much higher.

04-01-2022 15:54 GMT by Edward Moya

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