Wednesday, May 1, 2019
Evening
- Wall Street drops after Fed chair dampens rate-cut hopes
- Fed holds rates steady
- Here’s the one word from Jerome Powell that has people raising their eyebrows
- Fed signals neither a rate hike nor a cut is likely soon
- Oil prices fall as U.S. crude stocks climb to highest since September 2017
- A US-China trade deal is ‘possible’ by next Friday, sources say
- U.S. factory activity at 2-1/2-year low, points to slowing economy
- Luxury home sales see biggest slump in nearly a decade
- Venezuelan protests peter out as Maduro hangs on; U.S. and Russia squabble
- Powell Downplays Tepid Inflation, Showing No Bias to Hike or Cut
- Powell Seeks to Assert Control Over Fed Funds With IOER Tweak
- Fed Holds Rates Steady, Signals Concern Over Sluggish Spending, Low Inflation
- The Fed’s Inflation Problem
- Chinese techs revel in convertible-bond boom
General
- S&P 500 at record high as Apple powers rally ahead of Fed decision
- Oil steady on swelling U.S. stockpiles, Venezuela uncertainty
- U.S. economy appearing to slow; labor market strong
- Private payrolls surge by 275,000 in April, blowing past estimates and biggest gain since July
- China, U.S. hold 'productive' trade talks in Beijing
- Trump: Better Fed policies would give economy ‘rocket’ boost
- U.S. may lose borrowing authority in second half of 2019: Treasury
- The debate behind Trump's move to tighten Iran oil sanctions
- Venezuela's Guaido calls for 'largest march in history' in uprising effort
- It’s a Perilous Environment for Corporate Earnings
- What to Watch at This Week’s Fed Meeting
- Upward Move on Key Market Rate Could Bring Fed Response
- $2 Trillion From Whom?
- Federal Reserve to defy Trump and hold rates steady
- Hedge funds pile into bets on continued calm
- Big banks are struggling to get to grips with life after Libor