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Nikkei Targets All-Time Highs After 33 Years Despite Bank of Japan Shock
Bank of Japan raises upper range of 10-year government bond yields to 1%
Inflation remains high but not high enough for BOJ officials
Meanwhile, Nikkei225...
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All Major Asset Classes Delivering Gains So Far in 2023: What Lies Ahead?
Commodities have joined the party. After last week’s rally that lifted a broad measure of commodities, all the major asset classes are now...
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U.S. Stock Market Rally Threatened by Rising Treasury Yields
This week will feature a ton of economic data that will likely reveal that the job market remains strong and the economy remains...
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Has the Fed Engineered a Soft Landing?
The macroeconomic narrative shifts from recession to a soft landing.The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released the quarterly gross domestic product () data...
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J2k Series: Soaring Debt Levels Across the Globe, While India & France Improving
Debt-to-GDP ratio is a measure of a country's public debt as a percentage of its gross domestic product (GDP). It is calculated by...
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$32-Trillion Question: Why More Spending Isn’t Better and Debt Matters
While Washington continues a seemingly unbridled spending spree under the assumption “more spending” is better, debts and deficits matter. To better understand the...
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U.S. Economic Data Surprises to the Upside, Thanks to Private Investment
The latest data for the US economy presented a positive surprise, as it increased by 2.4% instead of the expected 1.8%. This...
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Fed Leaves Investors in the Dark as Signals and Monetary Actions Diverge
The Fed raised interest rates by 0.25%, as expected
Fed Chair Powell expressed uncertainty about achieving the 2% inflation target by 2025
Meanwhile, markets fluctuated...