(Reuters) - The S&P 500 and the Dow edged lower at open on Tuesday as energy and travel stocks slipped, while investors awaited remarks from Fed Chair Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen for clues on the health of the economy.
Chevron Corp, Occidental Petroleum Corp and Exxon Mobil Corp shed between 1.5 per cent and 3.5 per cent pre-market as oil prices slumped 3 per cent
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell says the economic recovery from the pandemic has progressed more quickly than expected, but the central bank does not intend to let up in its support efforts
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Monday that the US public needs to understand the risks behind Bitcoin and other crypto currencies
The economic situation in the US is much improved since the Covid-19 pandemic hit, but the recovery is "far from complete", Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said
Fed chair makes clear FOMC will only react to actual data
The index rose close to 500 points on opening after the US Federal Reserve (Fed) pledged to shrug off inflation worries for a while and keep the monetary policy loose through 2023
The latest factsheet shows that SBI's Dynamic Bond Fund's cash holding rose to 32.5% as of the end of January, compared with 8.4% at the end of June
On March 31, an emergency pandemic regulatory relief measure that for the past year has allowed Wall Street banks to hold less loss-absorbing capital against certain assets is due to expire
Progressives, including Senators Elizabeth Warren and Sherrod Brown, who now heads the Senate Banking Committee, say banks are cynically seizing an opportunity to ease more rules
Fed sees 2021 GDP growth of 6.5%, unemployment at 4.5%; Powell says worst economic outcomes of pandemic avoided
An exemption on the "supplemental leverage ratio" was put in place at the start of the coronavirus pandemic to encourage big banks to lend and support bond and short-term funding markets
Markets predict the Fed may be forced to act sooner than expected
Economic management in India will remain tricky
Powell's entire message on Thursday centered on how cautious the central bank plans to be in dialling back economic policies
10-year US Treasury yield crosses 1.5% again following Powell's comments
Johnson's single-dose can be game changer, Nasdaq wipes out 2021 gains after dovish Powell comments, Calls grow to prioritise Italy's priests for jabs and other pandemic-related news across the globe
The pan-European STOXX 600 fell 0.9% in early trading
(Reuters) - The S&P 500 firmed on Thursday after two days of losses while sentiment was fragile ahead of remarks from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on rising bond yields.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Between deep wounds to the labor market and weak inflation, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell delivered a simple message to investors fixated on rising U.S. bond yields and price risks: watch the data, and don't expect any changes in monetary policy until the economy is clearly improving.