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Asia stocks hit 1-year high as soft U.S. data quells Fed hike talk

EghtesadOnline: The dollar tumbled and Asian stocks rose to one-year highs on Wednesday after surprisingly weak U.S. services sector activity dashed already slim chances of an interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve as early as this month.
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Publish Date:07/September/2016 | 07:31

Clinton slams Trump for commenting on Fed policies

EghtesadOnline: Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton criticized Republican rival Donald Trump on Tuesday for making comments about the Federal Reserve 's monetary policies, which she said should be off-limits for U.S. presidents and presidential candidates.
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Publish Date:07/September/2016 | 07:28

Slower U.S. payrolls growth dims September Fed rate hike prospects

EghtesadOnline: U.S. employment growth slowed more than expected in August after two straight months of robust gains and wages were tepid, which could effectively rule out an interest rate increase from the Federal Reserve this month.
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Publish Date:03/September/2016 | 07:07

Wall Street still sees Fed on pace for one rate hike, in December: Reuters poll

EghtesadOnline: Wall Street's biggest banks are sticking to bets that the U.S. Federal Reserve will raise interest rates once this year, and the increase would most likely occur in December after a tepid employment report for August quashed most talk of a move as early as this month.
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Publish Date:03/September/2016 | 07:04

Asia shares slip, crude steadies; U.S. jobs in focus

EghtesadOnline; Asian shares dipped on Thursday after lower crude oil prices dented Wall Street and a pair of Chinese manufacturing surveys did little to inspire investors as markets waited to see if U.S. employment data could put the Federal Reserve on track to hike interest rates.
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Publish Date:01/September/2016 | 07:07

Fed's Evans, citing slow growth, says low U.S. rates are here to stay

EghtesadOnline: Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Evans on Wednesday said he is increasingly convinced that U.S. economic growth has slowed permanently, a situation that will keep U.S. interest rates low for a long time ahead.
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Publish Date:31/August/2016 | 08:39

Dollar Advances as Treasuries Drop on Rate Outlook; Stocks Rise

EghtesadOnline: The dollar strengthened and Treasuries fell as Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer said the U.S. economy was close to full employment, reinforcing speculation that policy makers are moving toward raising interest rates.
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Publish Date:30/August/2016 | 11:33

Asia stocks bounce, investors no clearer on Fed

EghtesadOnline: Asian shares bounced modestly on Tuesday as doubts the Federal Reserve would hike interest rates next month restrained the dollar, while investors continued to count on more policy stimulus elsewhere in the world.
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Publish Date:30/August/2016 | 07:04

Emerging Markets Fall as Divergent Fed Boosts Dollar; Oil Slides

EghtesadOnline: Emerging-market assets declined and the dollar strengthened versus most peers after comments from central bankers highlighted the divergence between monetary policy in the U.S. and other parts of the world. European shares were little changed.
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Publish Date:29/August/2016 | 08:27

Dollar starts the week with Fed-inspired gains

EghtesadOnline: The dollar stood tall in Asian trading on Monday, after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's upbeat comments on the U.S. economy prompted traders to raise their expectations of an interest rate increase.
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Publish Date:29/August/2016 | 07:06

Yellen Imagines a Future Where Fed Tinkers With Inflation Target

EghtesadOnline: Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen raised the possibility that future policy makers might increase their inflation target and broaden the types of assets they can buy to enhance their ability to counteract a severe recession.
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Publish Date:28/August/2016 | 08:59

Janet Yellen’s Jackson Hole Speech, Annotated

EghtesadOnline: The speech the world has been waiting for is finally here. At 10 a.m. Eastern Time in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Fed Chair Janet Yellen is delivering a speech titled "The Federal Reserve 's Monetary Policy Toolkit."
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Publish Date:28/August/2016 | 08:39

For the Fed's Yellen 'conventional' unconventional policy is enough

EghtesadOnline: For all the talk of a radical shift in central banking policy, from the permanent use of negative rates to helicopter money drops, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen appears to believe she can tackle any future downturn using the tools currently at her disposal.
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Publish Date:28/August/2016 | 06:55

Dollar range bound as investors await Yellen's Jackson Hole speech

EghtesadOnline: The dollar was steady on Thursday as investors stayed on the sidelines before the annual global central bankers' gathering in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen may offer new pointers on U.S. monetary policy.
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Publish Date:25/August/2016 | 10:48

Central bankers eye public spending to plug $1 trillion investment gap

EghtesadOnline: While markets wait for Janet Yellen's latest message about the direction of monetary policy, the Federal Reserve chief and her colleagues already have one for politicians: the U.S. economy needs more public spending to shift into higher gear.
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Publish Date:25/August/2016 | 10:31