Speaker Mike Johnson Announces Congressional J13 Taskforce
House Speaker Johnson Announces Investigation into Assassination Attempt on Former President Trump Washington, D.C. — House Speaker Mike Johnson has announced the formation of a task force to investigate the assassination attempt…
‘Mike, You Suck!’: Mike Johnson Fires Back At Rowdy Pro-Palestinian Protesters During University Speech
Republican Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana clapped back at pro-Palestinian protesters during a Wednesday speech at Columbia University. Columbia University President Nemat “Minouche” Shafik ordered classes to move online on Monday after…
Column-Searching for rift in Transatlantic easing :Mike Dolan
By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) – After six months of churning interest rate speculation, few now doubt 2024 will see the three major Transatlantic central banks easing policy – the only quiz…
Column-Elections may tweak sequencing of 2024 rate cuts :Mike Dolan
By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) – Few central bank watchers think the electoral cycle will change the course of monetary policy – but it could complicate the precise timing of interest rate…
Speeding through ‘last mile’ of disinflation? :Mike Dolan
By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) -What if the “last mile” is a breeze? Despite what seems like euphoria about disinflation and interest rate easing, it’s also fashionable to speak of the hard…
Bond quake sees doubling down on the shadows :Mike Dolan
By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) -The expanding shadows of private credit seem an odd place to lurk if central banks’ ‘higher-for-longer’ mantra on interest rates suggests they keep things tight until something…
Column-ECB starts shadow boxing with bond market :Mike Dolan
By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) – European Central Bank (ECB) officials seem irked that they are not being taken seriously by markets – risking a show of force in Frankfurt that may…
Column-September sees Fed dot plot thicken :Mike Dolan
By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) – Markets appear to have batted away next month’s Federal Reserve gathering as a paused ‘also ran’ meeting in favor of second-guessing about a November rate hike…
Column-Shadow bank boxing as money funds drain deposits :Mike Dolan
By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) – Cash-like money funds could increasingly suck deposits from smaller U.S. banks until lagging bank savings rates are finally forced up to compete while the Federal Reserve…
Column-Dollar’s smile looks a little lopsided :Mike Dolan
By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) – The dollar could do with some cheering up. According to the ‘dollar smile’ theory developed by currency expert and now hedge fund manager Stephen Jen 20…
Column-QE sceptics fear Fed is in a hole :Mike Dolan
By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) – If this month’s U.S. banking stress owes at least something to the Federal Reserve’s reduction of its mammoth balance sheet, then the central bank may now…
Column-Fed’s ‘R-star’ becomes black hole :Mike Dolan
By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) – After six weeks of frantic forecast changes, world markets seem to have lost the plot on where interest rates will go in this cycle – mainly…
Rates market overshoot – or no man’s land? :Mike Dolan
By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) -If skittish markets are just testing the extremes of possible central bank outcomes, policymakers who have bemoaned investor complacency for months may soon have to talk them…
Watch the dollar for de-globalisation :Mike Dolan
By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) -The end of modern globalisation may owe more to the fortunes of the U.S. dollar than Kremlinologists, Sinologists or military analysts acknowledge. A year from Russia’s invasion…
Column-Faced down by Fed, markets dab 6% onto risk radar :Mike Dolan
By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) – Market pricing tends to swing back and forth like a pendulum around eventual outcomes – and investors may now have to brace for another tough period…
Column-Low visibility, low volatility make strange pairing :Mike Dolan
By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) – Like mirages on the horizon, recession forecasts seem to be appearing and disappearing with great regularity – questioning any investment conviction, the reliability of pandemic-distorted data…
Column-Jumping the central bank gun :Mike Dolan
By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) – For all intents and purposes, financial markets think the brutal central bank tightening cycle is done. That may seem like a leap of faith after 36…
Column-Anxious Fedspeak disguises satisfaction :Mike Dolan
By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) – The Fed will loudly insist again on Wednesday that its inflation battle is not yet won – even as it slows the pace of interest rate…
Column-Is Brazil another BRIC in the wall? :Mike Dolan
By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) – Almost as surprising as the weekend’s shock events in Brasilia was how little world markets appeared to react – showing investors may already be braced for…
MIKE MCKENNA: The Speaker Vote Reveals A Lot About The House’s Underlying Dysfunction
MIKE MCKENNA: The Speaker Vote Reveals A Lot About The House’s Underlying Dysfunction Michael McKenna on January 6, 2023 There can be no doubt that this week’s repeated and repetitive votes for…
MIKE MCKENNA: What Congress Should Do Heading Into The New Year
MIKE MCKENNA: What Congress Should Do Heading Into The New Year Michael McKenna on January 1, 2023 What should the new Congress do? Or, more specifically, what should the House majority do,…
MIKE MCKENNA: Congress’ Catastrophic Spending Bill Is Incomprehensible By Design
MIKE MCKENNA: Congress’ Catastrophic Spending Bill Is Incomprehensible By Design Michael McKenna on December 23, 2022 There are so many appalling features of the recent omnibus legislation that provides taxpayer funding for…
Rhode Island Man Pleads Guilty to Charges for Swindling Victims Who Thought They Were Investing in ‘Magic Mike’ Stage Show
LOS ANGELES – A Rhode Island man has pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges, admitting he defrauded investors out of more than $4.2 million in connection with the “Magic Mike Live”…
Fed may be alert to favoured yield curve alarm :Mike Dolan
By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) -If the U.S. Federal Reserve tends to tighten hard until something breaks, as some investors still believe despite the central bank’s denials, then it may have heard…
Column-Markets map out the end of the line :Mike Dolan
By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) – Yet another eye-catching rebound in global stocks may just be another bear market bounce – but investors do sense the end of a dark road, even…
Column-G7 ‘recognizing’ FX disruption is damp squib :Mike Dolan
By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) – Japan’s solo battle against an overvalued U.S. dollar may feel a little lonelier after it met G7 finance chiefs in Washington this week – and possible…
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