Category: Liquidity

October 17, 2019

Recession concerns should be eased now that the yield curve no longer is inverted since it has been a reliable bond-market harbinger of past economic downturns. And yet, market participants are divided on whether a recent steepening of the curve […]

October 11, 2019

The rules establish a framework that sorts banks with $100 billion or more in total assets into four different categories based on factors, including asset size, cross-jurisdictional activity, reliance on short-term wholesale funding, nonbank assets, and off-balance sheet exposure. According […]

September 27, 2019

Reuters reports that, despite there being no official timetable for the roll-out of the new currency – which will have some similarities to Facebook’s Libra coin – the CSI fintech theme index has gained more than 50% so far this […]

September 17, 2019

The Board of Directors of U.S. Bancorp (USB) has approved a 13.5 percent increase in the dividend rate on U.S. Bancorp common stock to $0.42 on a quarterly basis, payable October 15, 2019, to stockholders of record at the close […]

September 12, 2019

U.S. Treasury yields and European government bond yields fell sharply on Thursday after the European Central Bank lowered its key deposit rate and exceeded investors expectations with the resumption of its bond-buying program. What are Treasurys doing? The 10-year Treasury […]

September 3, 2019

Are interest rates now so low that banks are starting to cut back on new loans? Signs are emerging that U.S. lenders might be pulling back, a new potential worry for the U.S. economy, according to a growing number of […]

August 26, 2019

The U.S. 10-year Treasury yield hit a multiyear low in overnight trading on Monday, but later returned to near break-even levels, after President Donald Trump’s shifting tone on the U.S.’s recent broadside of tariffs against China whipsawed equity and bond […]

August 23, 2019

U.S. Treasury yields rose Friday as traders wait for Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s speech at the Jackson Hole symposium in Wyoming, where he may give clues to the central bank’s next moves. What are Treasurys doing? The 10-year Treasury […]

August 13, 2019

The performance gap between small caps and large caps is widening to historic lows, a trend seen during times of economic stress and investor caution, possibly signaling something worse with the economy could be coming. The small-cap benchmark Russell 2000 […]

August 9, 2019

U.S. stock-index futures on Friday were heading lower, highlighting a volatile week of trade, as government bonds in the U.S. and across the globe resumed a rally — pushing yields lower — that has been driven mostly by fears about […]