Gold prices fell nearly 1% after Trump and Xi’s talks calmed trade tensions, while silver soared to a 13-year high above $35. Learn why gold and silver are moving and what’s next for precious metals.
Interest Rates
Will interest rates rise in 2021? Powell Says No Rate Hike, No Taper
Will interest rates rise in 2021? Powell Says No Rate Hike, No Taper. Investors sold U.S. dollars after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell made it very clear on Tuesday that there will be no interest rate hikes or tapering in the foreseeable future.
The Argument for Negative Interest Rates in the US has Strengthened, Goldman says — But the Fed Remains Opposed
The bank said that a deep and prolonged recession would warrant negative interest rates, as asset purchases and forward guidance from the Fed would likely not “fill the gap,” unless it started to buy risky assets like stocks.
2019: The year the Federal Reserve admitted it was wrong
The Federal Reserve and its leaders have done something unusual in 2019 for central bankers. They admitted they were wrong in their short-term and long-term outlook for the U.S. economy.
ECB Press Conference Outlook & Report on Thursday, 12 September 2019
Mario Draghi faces one of the most contentious policy meetings of his European Central Bank presidency on Thursday as he prepares to ramp up monetary stimulus again despite skepticism from the euro area’s biggest economies.