The Fed indicate dollar firmness and global economic slowdown as threats to US recovery
The Federal Reserve minutes released on Wednesday show central bankers’ anxiety about the strong US dollar and the global economic slowdown. The minutes released of the Federal Reserve’s last policy meeting, More...
US labor market stalls in August
The stall in the US labor market in August, with the fewest workers hired in the last eight months, can add to the reasons for the Fed to stave off raising interest rates. The US labor market stalled in August, More...
US regulators introduce financial rules to help banks endure crisis situations
The financial rules issued by US regulators on Wednesday will enable banks to cope with crunch situations and will join global efforts to stave off future financial system meltdown. New financial regulations were More...
Fed minutes: the labor market has made significant improvement, but it is still early for a rate hike
The minutes from the last policy meeting of the Fed indicated most policymakers gave credit to the “greater than expected” improvement in the labor market, but thought it is yet premature to go on with policy More...
The Fed: economic growth is accelerating, but labor market conditions have not yet return to normal
The Federal Reserve expressed satisfaction with inflation approaching their target, but repeated their position that not all prerequisites for an interest rate hike are present. The US Federal Reserve confirmed More...
Apple, with a 165 P/E a decade ago, made a 6,000 percent rally
Last week’s Federal Reserve report on stretched valuations of growth stocks highlighted the fact that a number of the highest P/E ratio companies, like Apple, have by much outperformed in indices. Last week, More...
