
Investor demand for Australia’s new bond surged to a record as central bank policy easing, moderating inflation and trade tensions spurred a global rush for fresh issuance. Australia attracted A$83 billion ($52... Read more »

Welcome to Money Distilled. I’m John Stepek. Every week day I look at the biggest stories in markets and economics, and explain what it all means for your money. I realise I’ve... Read more »

Ben Bernanke put the US Federal Reserve on the cutting edge of economics 12 years ago by collecting policymakers’ forecasts, including their outlook for interest rates, into groups of “dot plots.” This... Read more »

Good morning. Stocks struggle for direction after another record day on Wall Street and Ken Griffin becomes the latest big hitter to tell the Fed to move cautiously on rate cuts. Here’s what’s... Read more »

Money-market fund assets rose to a fresh record high for the second straight week on expectations short-term rates will remain elevated for longer after traders reined in bets on the first Federal... Read more »

Asian equities were primed for gains after US stocks rose Thursday in a rally helped along by positive signs from central banks and ahead of jobs data that will help identify the... Read more »

It was one of the remaining puzzles after Sam Bankman-Fried’s conviction on fraud charges: what was the relationship between the one-time crypto billionaire, a Bahamas bank whose chairman created the cartoon Inspector... Read more »

Japan’s famed cherry blossom season is just around the corner and — thanks to the weak yen — this year may be a particularly affordable time to see nature’s spectacular displays in... Read more »

The shakeout in the $20 trillion US commercial real estate market has long been delayed for a simple reason: No one could figure out just how much properties were worth. And, more... Read more »

Good morning. US inflation data are expected to show abating price pressures. Traders are yanking cash out of inflation-linked bonds. Bitcoin jumps to $50,000. Here’s what’s moving markets. — Isabelle Lee January... Read more »

Bond traders are finally heeding one of the market’s oldest lessons: Don’t fight the Fed. As the Federal Reserve pushed through its steepest interest-rate hikes in decades, investors consistently misjudged how far... Read more »

The amount that US banks have loaned to so-called shadow banks surpassed the $1 trillion mark, according to Federal Reserve data, even as regulators warn of potential risks to the financial system.... Read more »

The pulse of US inflation likely continued to slow at the start of the year, helping to feed expectations that the Federal Reserve will find interest-rate cuts more palatable in the coming... Read more »

Good morning. China tightens trading restrictions. Treasuries saw their biggest two-day sell off in months. Investors await a rate decision from Australia’s central bank. Here is what’s moving markets. — Isabelle Lee Source link Read more »

Bond traders looking for something to jolt the $27 trillion Treasury market out of its recent rut will probably still be left waiting for answers, even after a busy week packed with... Read more »

Federal Reserve policymakers may finally be right on the verge of cutting interest rates. Going into this week’s two-day policy meeting, which wraps Wednesday afternoon in Washington, investors are assigning roughly even... Read more »

Money-market fund assets fell for a second week in a row, led by the departure of assets from institutional funds, as investors continued to reallocate portfolios in the new year. About $1.39... Read more »

It’s the year of the soft landing—and of interest-rate cuts that will support growth and markets around the world. So runs the upbeat conventional wisdom about the global economy in 2024. What... Read more »