Michael S. Barr, the Federal Reserve’s vice chair for supervision, outlined a sweeping initiative to bolster capital requirements for the nation’s largest banks to enhance the resilience of the U.S. banking system. The main proposal is mandating the largest banks to hold an extra two percentage points of capital, or an additional $2 of capital…

Interest rates are likely to be raised a “couple” of more times this year as inflation is still far too high, says the head of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Despite price pressures slowing, San Francisco Fed Bank President Mary Daly believes the institution needs to continue raising interest rates, a policy decision…

Interest rates are likely to be raised “a couple” more times this year as inflation is still far too high, the head of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco says. While price pressures are slowing, San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly says the central bank needs to continue raising interest rates, a policy decision…

Commentary We’re squarely in the dog days of summer, which in Hellenistic astrology is connected to bad luck, lethargy, and, of course, hot and humid weather. These are the days when economists and market watchers would love to shut down and go away for the summer. But for Chair Jerome Powell and the U.S. Federal…

The latest U.S. jobs report led investors to raise the yield on the 2-year Treasury note to its highest level in 16 years while dumping their stocks. There was serious concern that strong U.S. employment levels would encourage the Federal Reserve to continue raising interest rates. The latest jobs estimate from ADP put pressure on…

The U.S. economy added 209,000 jobs last month. This is the lowest number of jobs added in over 2 years, and comes in below analyst expectations for the first time in 13 months. Is the U.S. economy’s growth slowing? Are the federal reserve’s interest rate hikes finally having an impact? NTD speaks with a labor…

Commentary Total nonfarm payroll employment, relased this morning, increased by 209,000 in June, and the unemployment rate changed little at 3.6 percent. Just 149,000 of those jobs were in the private sector; 60,000 were in government. Revisions from April and May resulted in 110,000 fewer jobs than originally reported for those two months. That’s the…

Commentary The Bank of Canada, as well as other central banks of Western nations, continues to raise interest rates. This program began in the summer of 2021 after it became apparent that the unprecedented expansion of the money supply due to the lockdowns has manifested in, at one point, almost double-digit inflation. The United States…

The U.S. economy created 209,000 new jobs in June, down from a downwardly revised 306,000 in May, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). This also came in below the consensus estimate of 225,000. The unemployment rate slipped to 3.6 percent, down from 3.7 percent, and matched economists’ expectations. BLS noted that the change…

The U.S. economy created 209,000 new jobs in June, down from a downwardly revised 306,000 in May, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). This also came in below the consensus estimate of 225,000 and represented the lowest level of job creation of President Joe Biden’s time in the White House. Employment growth has…