13 March 2023
Market participants are on edge over the Silicon Valley Bank collapse, which is the biggest financial collapse since the 2008 financial crisis; the Fed's campaign to fight inflation has exposed vulnerabilities in the financial system that could grow if it ratchets up its rate hikes.
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10 March 2023
All three Wall Street indexes closed bearish between 1.7%-2.1%, pulled lower by bank stocks and jitters ahead of Friday's employment report. At the same time, Treasury yields started to pull back in response to Initial Jobless Claims data that rose by 11% to 211K, higher than expected & previous week—the highest level in five months.
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9 March 2023
US stocks closed mixed around the flat territory as market participants grappled with Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's second comments from Capitol Hill, as well as a slew of economic data ahead of next week's Labor & Inflation data; a bellwether for future interest and rate decisions.
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8 March 2023
US stock indexes plunged above 1%, as the 2-year Treasury yield soared to its highest level since 2007, entering the upper 5% level as Federal Reserve Jerome Powell's hawkish remarks ramped up bets on a return to aggressive rate hikes at the central bank's March meeting; along with strong growth in February economic data.
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7 March 2023
Investors held back ahead of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's presentation at 22:00 (GMT) and the February jobs report on Friday. The 10-year and 2-year US Treasury yields turned higher after data showed US Factory Orders (Jan.) fell lower than expected at 1.6% MoM (vs. forecast -1.8%, vs. previous 1.7%).
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