The Federal Reserve Is Foot-Dragging on the Digital Dollar, Yardeni Complains
A Fed-sponsored cyber-buck is needed to keep up with consumer finance trends, replacing fee-laden credit cards, the economist says.
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Market Moves
The Inflation Threat Is Hooey, Even as Money Supply Climbs, Says Savant
Sure, the Fed has created more dollars, but that doesn’t mean they’ll lead to a price spiral, argues David Waddell.
Asset Allocation
No Need for Taper Trepidation for the Stock Market
The situation now is less fraught than during the 2013 tantrum, argues UBS’s Mark Haefele.
Market Moves
Sure, Delta Cut Goldman’s GDP Forecast, but It’s Not Too Bad
Compared with anemic economic growth in the past decade, things are still looking up.
OK, When Will the Fed Begin Shrinking Its Bond Buying, Anyway?
Split views seen in FOMC minutes are vexing. So let’s hear what Wall Street strategists think.
Here’s Why Inflation Is Up: Oil and Cars, Period
Commonwealth’s McMillan ascribes nasty CPI numbers to a few aberrant items, already cooling off.
Asset Allocation
Goldman: Dollar Rally Will Fizzle
The greenback has advanced almost 4% since May, buts headwinds await, the firm warns.
Asset Allocation
What Is the 10-Year Treasury’s Falling Yield Telling Us?
Not that a slowing economy is ahead, says BCA Research. The answer, it thinks, is ‘more subtle.’
Asset Allocation
Taper Timing: Will the Fed Move … in September? December? Next Year?
Wall Street tries to divine when the central bank will start winding down its bond buying.
Asset Allocation
Jerome Powell Won’t Get a 2nd Term as Fed Head, Says JPM Economist
The Democrats’ left wing will want a kindred spirit, rather than the GOP-appointed incumbent, Michael Feroli thinks.
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On Tuesday, four asset allocators—from Santa Clara VTA, International Paper, Colorado PERA, and Minnesota SBI—will share their insights.
Asset Allocation
Why Jeffrey Gundlach Thinks the Dollar Is ‘Doomed’
Federal and US trade deficits will eventually do a number on the greenback, says the Bond King.
Research
Is the 10-Year Yield Telling Us About Inflation or the Economy? Neither, Says Well Fargo
The big dip may be forecasting exactly nothing, because other factors are making it drop, the bank argues.
Market Moves
Dalio’s and Summers’ Dim View on Inflation, Markets, the Economy
The hedge fund honcho and the Harvard economist deride benign forecasts, like the Fed’s.
‘We Don’t Believe You’: Why Futures Market Is Skeptical of Fed’s Rate Hike Plans
One reason is that spending-happy Washington will need more central bank Treasury buying.