April 15, 2025 United States: Treasuries Fall With Key Gauge of Risk Reaching Decade High Treasuries fell, while investors pushed the compensation they demand to hold longer-dated bonds to the highest in more than a decade, as the fallout from US tariff policies overshadows markets. The 10-year yield was up two basis
April 14, 2025 United States: Yellen Says Treasuries Show US Confidence Loss, Not Dysfunction Former Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that the recent selloff in Treasuries signaled a worrying drop in confidence in American policymaking, rather than a dysfunctional event that warrants Federal Reserve intervention. “I don’t think we’re seeing dysfunction — in
April 11, 2025 United States: US Producer Prices Unexpectedly Fall, Dragged Down by Energy US wholesale prices fell in March by the most since October 2023, restrained by energy costs and adding to evidence of muted inflation ahead of the Trump administration’s tariffs on US trading partners. The producer price index dropped 0.4%
April 10, 2025 United States: US Inflation Unexpectedly Slows Down Ahead of Tariffs Impact US inflation cooled broadly in March, indicating some relief for consumers prior to widespread tariffs that risk contributing to price pressures. The consumer price index, excluding often volatile food and energy costs, increased 0.1% from February, the least in
April 9, 2025 United States: Fed’s Kashkari Sees a Higher Bar for Rate Cuts With Tariffs Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari said the central bank is less likely to lower interest rates in the face of tariffs given their inflationary impact, even if the economy begins to deteriorate. Kashkari described
April 8, 2025 United States: US Small-Business Optimism Declines by Most Since Mid-2022 US small-business optimism fell last month by the most since June 2022 as concerns intensified about the prospects for business conditions and sales in the wake of the Trump administration’s sweeping tariff policies. The National Federation of Independent Business optimism
April 7, 2025 United States: Powell Says Fed in No Hurry to Cut as Markets Continue to Swoon Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell made clear the US central bank won’t rush to react to sweeping Trump administration tariffs, or to the financial market turmoil that has ensued amid fears of a global economic downturn.
April 4, 2025 United States: US Hiring Picks Up, Showcasing Solid Job Market Ahead of Tariffs US job growth beat forecasts in March in a broad advance, pointing to a resilient labor market before the global economy gets hit by widespread tariffs. Nonfarm payrolls increased 228,000 last month after downward revisions to the
April 3, 2025 United States: US Continuing Jobless Claims Rise to Highest Since November 2021 Recurring applications for US unemployment benefits rose to the highest since November 2021, adding to signs it’s proving more difficult for out-of-work people to re-enter the workforce. Continuing claims, a proxy for the number of people receiving benefits,
April 2, 2025 United States: US Firms Add 155,000 Jobs in ADP Data, More Than Forecast Hiring at US companies accelerated last month, rebounding from a weak February marked by severe weather in some regions of the country. Private-sector payrolls increased by 155,000 in March, according to ADP Research. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-02/us-firms-add-155-000-jobs-in-adp-data-more-than-forecast?srnd=phx-economics-v2 Europe:
