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John Williams, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, spoke with Yahoo Finance to discuss the labor market and the next steps for Fed policy. Below is a transcript of his appearance on June 3, 2021. — BRIAN CHEUNG: Joining us here in a Yahoo Finance exclusive interview is New York Fed President John Williams. Thank you so much for joining us here on the platform this afternoon. Obviously I want to kick things off with the economic data. A lot of eyes on the jobs report covering… Source link

James Bullard, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, spoke with Yahoo Finance to discuss inflation risks and what lies ahead for Fed policy. Below is a transcript of his appearance on May 24, 2021. – AKIKO FUJITA: President Bullard, it’s good to talk to you today. When you look back at the more recent economic data, it really did feel like the CPI number that came out a few weeks ago kind of spooked the market. We’ve also seen what was really a disappointing jobs number back in… Source link

TipRanks Billionaire Israel Englander Bets on These 2 Penny Stocks Let’s talk about risk, reward, and pennies. The three are related, of course. There’s no reward in the stock market without taking on some risk – and penny stocks offer investors an optimum combination of both. The ‘pennies’ are the lowest cost stocks on the public markets, typically priced below $5 per share. At such a low share price, even a small gain – a share price increase of mere pennies – can quickly… Source link

Inflation fears already roiled the market this week with the Nasdaq falling nearly 2%, but one hedge fund founder is sounding the alarm over a potential 20% collapse that could be sparked by the Federal Reserve signaling an end to accommodative pandemic-era monetary policy later this year. Satori Fund founder Dan Niles recently told Yahoo Finance that this week’s hotter-than-anticipated inflation data coupled with other central banks around the world already coming off their easy money… Source link

Loretta Mester, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, spoke with Yahoo Finance to discuss the weaker-than-expected April 2021 jobs report and where Fed policy is headed next. Below is a transcript of her appearance on May 11, 2021. – BRIAN CHEUNG: Thanks Julie. Joining us now here on Yahoo Finance Live for an exclusive interview is Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Loretta Mester. Thank you so much for joining us here on the program this morning. I want to kick things… Source link

Mary Daly, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, spoke with Yahoo Finance to discuss the weaker-than-expected April 2021 jobs report and where Fed policy is headed next. Below is a transcript of her appearance on May 10, 2021. – BRIAN CHEUNG: President Daly, I wanted to kick off this conversation with just that jobs report covering the month of April that everyone was watching. It feels like it really missed expectations across the board. From your perspective, what were your… Source link

* Fed expected to stand pat on interest rates    * Alphabet jumps on record profit    * Microsoft shares down on valuation    * Dow down 0.35%, S&P flat, Nasdaq off 0.23% (Updates prices to early afternoon)    By Shreyashi Sanyal and Shivani Kumaresan    April 28 (Reuters) – The Dow and Nasdaq indexes fell on Wednesday as Amgen and Microsoft weighed, while investors focused on a Federal Reserve meeting for updates on monetary policy and waited for another batch of earnings from big… Source link

Bloomberg SoftBank Nears End of $23 Billion Buyback, Imperiling Rally (Bloomberg) — Masayoshi Son has run almost all the way through $23 billion allocated to buy back SoftBank Group Corp. shares, raising concerns that his stock’s bull run will end without rapid intervention.The Tokyo-based company purchased more than $20 billion worth of its own shares over the past year through March, according to SoftBank filings, an unprecedented effort that more than doubled the value of the stock. Now,… Source link

The Federal Reserve is continuing its research on the use of a central bank-issued digital currency (CBDC), but key officials are saying not to expect any Fed-issued digital dollars any time soon. “That fundamental question of, ‘what are we trying to do with this’ is not clearly answered,” Fed Governor Randal Quarles said in a webinar on Tuesday. The Fed is working with researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to build and test a digital dollar in different hypothetical… Source link

Federal Reserve officials acknowledge that they need to do a better job on recruiting diverse candidates, noting that central bank policy-making would benefit from a wider array of perspectives. “We’re not at all satisfied with where we are,” Fed Chairman Jerome Powell told Congress on Wednesday. A New York Times piece last month noted that of the Fed’s 870 total Ph.D. economists, only 11 are Black. In other words, Black voices make up only 1% of an institution’s economic team… Source link