Investors raise bets on Fed making two rate cuts

Investors are betting for two rate cuts by the Fed on rising US economic growth concerns. Source: Financial Times Investors have increased bets that the Federal Reserve will cut US interest rates not once but twice this year, to counter concerns about slowing global economic growth that have been inflamed by the worsening US-China trade…

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Has the yield curve predicted the next US downturn?

We are witnessing another U.S inverted yield curve for the first time since the 2007 recession. Could this be a signal towards the next US downturn? Source: Financial Times Alan Greenspan, the then Federal Reserve chairman nicknamed The Oracle for his economic soothsaying, told the US Senate on July 21 2005 to disregard an obscure…

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German Economic Growth Picks Up Speed, Outpaces US

Some experts say recent growth confirms that Germany is still getting a competitive boost from the euro, which makes its exports more attractive to buyers outside the single currency. Source: RT Europe’s biggest economy expanded sharply in the first quarter of 2017, according to Germany’s Federal Statistics Office (Destatis). Growth was led by a revival…

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