Asian equities tracked US stocks lower for a second day as signs of economic weakness overwhelmed the market’s optimism surrounding interest-rate cuts. Shares in Japan, South Korea and Australia dropped. The S&P 500 fell 0.8% Thursday, extending a drop from the prior session and placing the benchmark on track for its largest weekly decline since … Read more
Jerome Powell’s remarks in the coming week will be closely parsed by investors for any clues on just how long the Fed is willing to wait before cutting interest rates. The last time the US central bank chair spoke, he signaled that policymakers were likely to keep borrowing costs high for longer than previously anticipated, … Read more
New York Federal Reserve President John Williams sees the U.S. central bank on track to cut interest rates “later this year,” despite stronger-than-expected inflation and labor market data in January, according to an interview with Axios. “My overall view of the economy basically hasn’t changed based on one month of data,” Williams said in an … Read more
