Yellen touted her "friend-shoring" concept as a way to reduce the vulnerabilities of a supply system badly strained over the past two years
With rates in the US rising much faster than in the eurozone and Japan, the dollar is soaring
This should keep the Federal Reserve on track for another big interest-rate hike later this month
With thousands of sanctions already imposed on Russia to flatten its economy, the US and its allies are working on new measures to starve the Russian war machine
TerraUSD stablecoin collapsed earlier this year, while crypto lender Voyager Digital filed for bankruptcy this month
Spot gold was little changed at $1,734.59 per ounce by 0916 GMT after hitting $1,722.36 earlier in the session, its lowest since Sept. 30. US gold futures rose 0.1% to $1,733.60.
The US economy is healthy and shows little sign of an imminent recession, and can withstand higher interest rates, St Louis Federal Reserve president James Bullard said Monday.
US stocks have seen their worst first half of a year since 1970, as concerns grow over how steps to curb inflation will affect economic growth.
The dollar index inched up 0.07% in Asian trading, after a 0.32% drop overnight when it was undermined by weaker-than-expected consumer spending data
Gold slipped on Thursday, heading for its worst quarter in five as a hawkish tone from global central banks dimmed appeal for the non-yielding asset
The GDP data for the first quarter marks the US economy's first contraction since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic
The US economy grew at a robust 6.9% pace in the fourth quarter
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Treasury 10-year yields slid more than 1 basis point in Tokyo, trading to around 3.17% as Asian equities followed Wall Street lower
Buying in IT stocks - spurred by a global trend - accounted for the bulk of the gains in the benchmark indices
"We are conscious that there is a narrowing path to avoiding a recession in the US," Georgieva said. "We also have to recognize the uncertainty of the current situation"
Fed said the 34 lenders it oversees would suffer combined losses of $612 bn under a severe downturn
Soaring inflation exacerbated by Russia's invasion of Ukraine and resulting interest rate hikes are making some Wall Street companies nervous about the risk of a recession
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The Goldman economists now see a 30% probability of entering a recession over the next year, compared to 15% previously, and a 25% conditional probability of entering a recession in the second year