Policy decisions, minutes and speeches from the Fed, ECB, BoE, BoJ and their peers — and how the market reprices around them.
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Bitcoin and ether rose even as the Federal Reserve's rate increase left short-term Treasury yields flat and silver unchanged a day later.
Bitcoin and ethereum climbed in the session after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates, while U.S. short-term rates and silver held steady following Wednesday's yield surge.
The Federal Open Market Committee's first hike in three years came with a 12-0 vote and a warning that another increase could follow this year.
The Fed's unanimous vote to raise its benchmark rate to a 3.75%-4% range triggered a 600-point Dow decline as Chair Kevin Warsh signaled the central bank is prepared to keep pressing on inflation.
Goldman Sachs shares fell after the Federal Reserve's rate decision, even as US banks moved quickly to raise their prime lending rate.
Big US bank stocks fell after the Federal Reserve's latest rate decision, with Goldman Sachs among the decliners even as its CEO flagged softer fixed income, currencies and commodities trading in the third quarter.
Gold rose 1.27% even as major stock indexes diverged, a split that reflects investor uncertainty over how many more rate moves the Fed has planned.
Comex gold settled 1.27% higher at $4,346.30 as investors positioned for what wire reports called a near-certain Federal Reserve rate move.
Investors positioned ahead of a Federal Reserve decision that could mark the central bank's first rate increase in three years.
U.S. stock futures rose heading into a Federal Reserve interest rate announcement that traders are watching for a possible first hike since 2023.
Traders are holding positions steady in government debt markets as they wait for the US central bank's rate call.
Euro zone government bond yields remained near multi-year peaks as investors avoided large bets before the Federal Reserve's rate decision.
Japan's August imports jumped on higher oil prices while exports held steady, adding a fresh data point ahead of this week's Federal Reserve decision.
Asian equity markets opened tentatively as investors positioned for the Federal Reserve's upcoming rate decision.
European equities fell on fears of Middle East strikes and a possible ECB rate hike, while Wall Street futures held flat.
Crude oil crossed $100 a barrel for the first time since July, and European stocks fell as traders weighed the risk of Middle East strikes and an ECB rate increase.
European shares fell in the September 9 session as oil's surge revived inflation worries just ahead of the ECB's rate decision.
Brent crude climbed above $100 a barrel as fighting in the Middle East escalated, pulling European equities lower and adding pressure on bond markets ahead of Thursday's European Central Bank rate decision.
Bullion recovered some ground during the September 8 session even as traders weighed the possibility of a Federal Reserve rate hike.
Gold rebounded as the dollar eased, but the possibility of a Federal Reserve rate hike kept a lid on further gains.
A weaker dollar and firmer bets on a Bank of Japan rate hike pushed gold higher even as Fed rate-cut expectations and oil price gains capped the move.
The yen extended its rally as traders raised bets on a Bank of Japan rate hike, dragging the dollar down and helping push gold higher in the September 7 session.
Revised second-quarter growth of 1.4% and a 2.4% jump in real wages are feeding the yen's rally to a seven-month high.
Japan revised its second-quarter GDP growth up to an annualized 1.4% and reported real wages rose 2.4% in July, the biggest gain since 2021, both supporting the case for a Bank of Japan rate hike.
The bank's revised call marks a reversal from expectations of continued cuts, sending the dollar lower against sterling.
UBS now forecasts two US Federal Reserve rate hikes in 2026, a call issued after a stronger-than-expected jobs report, even as the dollar traded softer against the pound.
Gains in chipmakers pushed Asian indices higher even as oil prices and shifting Federal Reserve rate-cut expectations kept traders cautious.
Asian stocks rallied on strength in chipmaker shares, even as oil moves and Fed rate-cut bets kept some risk in view.
August foreign reserves fell by the largest amount on record following heavy currency intervention, just as a reflationist aide to PM Takaichi floated a rate hike this month.
Japan's August foreign reserves posted their largest-ever drop after record intervention to support the yen, even as an aide to Prime Minister Takaichi said the Bank of Japan could hike rates in September.
Two separate analyses this week point to the same date and the same pattern: rate hikes have preceded near-term stock market weakness in 36 years of data.
Investors are bracing for a possible Fed rate hike on September 16, a move that historical data suggests has often been followed by an initial stock market decline.
Three separate signals — a Fed risk-premium reading, a rarely-seen historical pattern, and Warren Buffett's own commentary — are converging on the same conclusion.
The Federal Reserve has flagged the S&P 500's equity risk premium near its lowest level in decades, a reading that has coincided with market trouble in only two prior instances since 1871.
The Federal Reserve's Beige Book pointed to data centers as the standout driver of modest growth, as demand for capacity and new insurance products around the buildout both surge.
The Federal Reserve's latest Beige Book found that data center construction and demand are now the primary source of growth across regions reporting only modest overall activity.
A Seeking Alpha analysis says the coming Federal Reserve decision faces unusually sharp internal disagreement over the path of interest rates.
The Federal Reserve is heading into its next policy vote with what one analysis calls its most divided committee in ten years.
The bank cited a resilient labor market as the reason it no longer expects the Federal Reserve to ease before mid-2027.
Citi moved its forecast for the next Federal Reserve rate cut to June 2027, citing a jobs market that keeps beating expectations.