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Oil prices stabilize after Fed hike as tighter market looms

EghtesadOnline: Oil prices stabilized on Thursday as a tighter market looms in 2017 due to planned output cuts led by OPEC and Russia, after sharp declines earlier following Wednesday's U.S. interest rate increase that drove investors out of commodities.
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Publish Date:15/December/2016 | 08:57

Asia stocks, currencies wobble as Fed flags more hikes

EghtesadOnline: Asian shares and currencies softened on Thursday after the Federal Reserve raised rates for the first time in a year and hinted at the risk of a faster pace of tightening than investors were positioned for.
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Publish Date:15/December/2016 | 08:47

Fed Raises Rates, Boosts Outlook for Borrowing Costs in 2017

EghtesadOnline: Federal Reserve officials raised interest rates for the first time this year and forecast a steeper path for borrowing costs in 2017, saying inflation expectations have increased “considerably” and suggesting the labor market is tightening.
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Publish Date:15/December/2016 | 07:35

Yellen Takes Post-Hike Victory Lap With Labor Market Great Again

EghtesadOnline: For Janet Yellen, the labor market is great again. Yellen took a rare victory lap Wednesday, signaling the economy is strong and will improve further, allowing the Federal Reserve to continue to raise rates next year.
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Publish Date:15/December/2016 | 07:04

Asia resigned to Fed hike, uptight on rate outlook

EghtesadOnline: Asia shares crept cautiously higher on Wednesday while a hush settled on the U.S. dollar as investors felt certain the Federal Reserve would raise rates for the first time in a year, but were less sure what it might herald for 2017.
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Publish Date:14/December/2016 | 24:02

European Stocks Retreat as Bonds Rise Before Fed; Crude Declines

EghtesadOnline: Caution pervaded markets before the Federal Reserve ’s expected interest-rate hike later Wednesday. European stocks dropped from an 11-month high and the dollar declined, while government bonds climbed. Crude retreated on industry data showing U.S. stockpiles increased.
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Publish Date:14/December/2016 | 09:09

Dow Heads for 20,000 as Stocks Rise, Gold Falls Ahead of Fed

EghtesadOnline: Global stocks advanced, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average within 50 points of 20,000 on speculation that the Federal Reserve ’s expected rate increase is a signal of confidence that the economy is strengthening. The dollar and Treasuries were little changed.
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Publish Date:13/December/2016 | 19:52

Asian shares, dollar wobble as investors brace for Fed outcome

EghtesadOnline: Asian shares and the dollar were on tenterhooks on Tuesday as investors awaited the looming outcome of the Federal Reserve 's rates review, with all eyes on how the Fed steers monetary policy in the wake of Republican Donald Trump's surprise election win last month.
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Publish Date:13/December/2016 | 05:24

Dollar wavers near highs as investors await Fed this week

EghtesadOnline: The dollar inched lower on Monday but didn't stray far from recent highs ahead of a U.S. Federal Reserve meeting that's expected to deliver an interest rate hike as well as clues to future monetary policy.
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Publish Date:12/December/2016 | 05:26

Oil surges after output cuts, strong dollar weighs

EghtesadOnline: Oil prices jumped to their highest levels in a year and a half on Monday after OPEC and non-OPEC producers agreed to cut oil output to ease a global glut, while the U.S. dollar extended gains before a Federal Reserve meeting this week, at which a rate hike is widely expected.
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Publish Date:12/December/2016 | 05:21

All eyes focused on clues for future Fed hikes

EghtesadOnline: Just how fast the Federal Reserve hikes rates next year will be the all-important question global investors will be hoping to get answered when the U.S. central bank meets next week.
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Publish Date:11/December/2016 | 20:42

Hawkish Fed a potential speed bump for stock bulls

EghtesadOnline: Next week's Federal Reserve meeting and possible signals on the pace of rate hikes for next year could pose the biggest risk yet to the rally the U.S. stock market has seen since last month's presidential election.
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Publish Date:10/December/2016 | 13:39

Trump's dilemma: slower job growth or rising rates and inflation?

EghtesadOnline: A drop in the U.S. unemployment rate last month to a 9-year low signals the risk of a collision between President-elect Donald Trump's plans to goose the economy and the Federal Reserve 's efforts to tap the brakes with higher interest rates.
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Publish Date:04/December/2016 | 12:15

Fed official stands by Wall Street reforms, says must complete work

EghtesadOnline: The United States "absolutely must" complete unfinished work ending the too-big-to-fail bank problem that helped plunge the global economy into recession eight years ago, an influential Federal Reserve policymaker said on Saturday.
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Publish Date:04/December/2016 | 12:11

U.S. jobless rate falls to nine-year low, payrolls rise

EghtesadOnline: The U.S. unemployment rate fell to a nine-year low of 4.6 percent in November, as employers added another 178,000 jobs, making it almost certain that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates later this month.
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Publish Date:03/December/2016 | 07:47

Dollar soars to highest in more than 13 years on Fed hike view

EghtesadOnline: The dollar surged to a more than 13-year peak on Wednesday, bolstered by upbeat U.S. economic data that showed the economy on track for steady growth and reinforced expectations of interest rate increases by the Federal Reserve next month and in 2017.
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Publish Date:23/November/2016 | 15:40

Crude Rallies With Asian Equities, Metals; Dollar Holds Advance

EghtesadOnline: Oil jumped on optimism OPEC will agree to a supply-cut deal, while Asian equities and industrial metals rebounded from last week’s losses. The dollar held near a January high, with traders all but convinced the Federal Reserve will pull the trigger on a rate hike in December.
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Publish Date:21/November/2016 | 08:26