ZURICH (Reuters) -The Swiss National Bank, the Swiss Finance Ministry and the U.S. Treasury Department have reconfirmed that they do not target exchange rates for competitive purposes. In a joint statement, Switzerland and the U.S. both said they did not use exchange rates to win an unfair advantage or prevent adjustments to their balance of payments. A joint statement "confirms that foreign exchange market interventions are an important monetary policy instrument for the SNB in ensuring appropriate mo ...

BRASILIA (Reuters) -Outstanding bank lending in Brazil continued to lose momentum in August, central bank data showed on Monday, as high interest rates helped cool activity in Latin America's largest economy. Credit growth over the past 12 months slowed to 10.1% in August, down from 10.8% in July. The central bank projected last Thursday that annual loan growth would ease further, ending the year at 8.8%. While a steep slowdown from the 11.5% expansion seen in 2024, the forecast marked a slight upward ...

The Fed is tasked by Congress with a " dual mandate " to keep inflation low and employment high using the fed funds rate, which is the interest rate banks charge to borrow money from one another. The fed funds rate affects borrowing costs on short-term loans like credit cards and car loans, and indirectly influences longer-term loans like 30-year mortgages. When inflation is high, the Fed raises the rate to discourage borrowing and cool down the economy, allowing supply and demand to rebalance. When the job ...

Gold climbed to a record above $3,800 an ounce as precious metals surged, boosted by a weaker dollar as investors weighed a potential US government shutdown. Bullion rose as much as 1.6% to an all-time high of $3,819.81 an ounce — eclipsing a peak reached last Tuesday — after notching six straight weekly gains. Silver increased as much as 2.4%, while platinum and palladium also rallied strongly, with advances underpinned by persistent market tightness and inflows into exchange-traded funds backed by the ...

市场表现 - 美国股指期货上涨 道指e-minis上涨169点或0.36% 标普500 e-minis上涨34.3点或0.51% 纳斯达克100 e-minis上涨166点或0.67% [2] - 三大主要指数上周虽录得周度下跌 但周五符合预期的通胀数据维持了降息预期并推动股指获得涨幅 [1] 政策风险 - 共和党与民主党就资金问题的僵局可能导致政府从周三（2026财年第一天）开始停摆 [2] - 若政府停摆导致劳工统计局无法发布就业或通胀数据 可能延迟10月降息并引发10月失业申请激增 [3] - 经济数据中断可能模糊市场前景并注入新的波动性 美联储依赖数据的政策方法可能因关键指标缺失而复杂化 [4] 行业动态 - 大麻相关公司美股盘前上涨 Canopy Growth攀升21% Cronos Group上涨11% 因特朗普周日分享宣传汉麻衍生大麻二酚健康益处的视频 [7] - 全美房地产经纪人协会将发布8月成屋销售指数 该住房活动领先指标发布时 行业正持续应对高抵押贷款利率的困境 [6] 央行政策 - 克利夫兰联储主席哈马克强调央行需维持限制性货币政策以控制通胀 [5] - 当日计划发言的美联储官员包括纽约联储主席威廉姆斯 圣路易斯联储主席穆萨勒姆 亚特兰大联储主席博斯蒂克和美联储理事沃勒 [5]

Welcome back. A bipartisan group of former top US economic officials in this country coming together to file a brief to the Supreme Court in support of Fed Governor Lisa Cook. You can see some of them here.The list includes every living Fed chair as well as several former Treasury Secretaries and CEA chairs across both sides of the aisle. One exception would be members of the President Trump's first term like that like his secretary minutian. Our next guest is a signator Jared Bernstein, chair of the Counci ...

Key Takeaways Bank of America expects 2025 NII to rise 6-7% despite Fed rate cuts, with Q4 numbers reaching up to $15.7B.Truist projects nearly 3% NII growth in 2025, aided by loan growth and asset repricing.BAC shows stronger ROE and earnings growth, while TFC offers a higher dividend yield at 4.55%.Bank of America (BAC) is one of the "Big Four" global banks, while Truist Financial (TFC) is a prominent regional bank. BAC leverages its massive scale, branch expansion strategy and diversified financial servi ...

By Michael S. Derby (Reuters) -Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Lorie Logan said Thursday the time has come for the central bank to modernize how it manages money market conditions to achieve its monetary policy objectives. To do this, Logan said the central bank’s long-standing practice of targeting the federal funds lending market needs to shift, with the Fed instead managing liquidity to control the trading level of the tri-party general collateral rate, or TGCR, given the vibrancy of that mar ...

U.S. stock futures are trading mixed on Thursday, September 25, 2025, as investors digest a flurry of economic data and brace for remarks from multiple Federal Reserve officials. The cautious sentiment follows two consecutive days of declines for the major U.S. indexes, driven by profit-taking in technology stocks and concerns over valuations.Premarket Trading Activity and Futures MovementsAs of early Thursday, futures tied to the S&P 500 (SPX) are slightly down by approximately 0.18% to 0.4%, while Nasdaq ...

美国国债正朝着五个交易日以来的首次上涨迈进。交易员预计，多位美联储官员即将发表的讲话，可能 会释放出更多降息信号。 当前美债各期限收益率普遍下行，其中10年期国债收益率下跌2个基点至4.13%。此前，由于美联储官 员在上周释放出对进一步宽松政策持谨慎态度的信号，且周一的相关表态延续了这一基调，美债市场一 直承压。 鉴于周二将有多位美联储官员发表讲话——包括主席鲍威尔及政策制定者古尔斯比、鲍曼和博斯蒂克， 投资者正寻求更明确的方向信号。目前市场对美联储未来政策路径的不确定性较高，因此投资者在押注 时更倾向于选择那些即便经济出现意外波动导致降息计划受阻，仍有望获得回报的标的。 Pepperstone高级研究策略师Michael Brown表示："市场希望鲍威尔能澄清上周降息被定性为'风险管理 式'举措所引发的部分困惑。"他还补充称，早盘两年期美债的拍卖可能会被市场较好消化。 上周鲍威尔实施备受期待的降息时，将此次降息描述为一次"风险管理式"的举措，并强调需在就业市场 出现的疲软迹象与通胀上行风险之间取得平衡。 自该决定公布以来，美联储官员对未来进一步宽松的时机与可能性释放出了相互矛盾的信号。美联储官 员穆萨勒姆表 ...