His remarks underscore the challenge facing the central bank as it raises interest rates at the most rapid clip since the 1980s to slow the economy and cool inflation
He said the pace of future rate hikes will depend on whether and how quickly inflation starts to decline, something the Fed will assess on a meeting by meeting basis.
Its decision-making will be based on the incoming data and the evolving outlook for the economy, Powell said in prepared testimony to the Senate Banking Committee
Experts said risk aversion among investors is due to scepticism over whether policymakers will be able to achieve aggressive monetary tightening to tame inflation without triggering recession
'It's essential that we bring inflation down if we are to have a sustained period of strong labor market conditions that benefit all,' Fed chair said at a hearing before US Senate Banking Committee
With no end in sight to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, commodity prices remain elevated and supply chains remain disrupted
In his prepared remarks before the Senate Banking Committee, Jerome Powell reiterated that ongoing increases in the policy rate would be appropriate
Global shares declined Wednesday as markets shrugged off a Wall Street rally and awaited congressional testimony by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. European benchmarks fell in early trading after shares in Asia finished lower, including in Japan, Australia, South Korea and China. US futures were also down. France's CAC 40 lost 1.9% in early trading to 5,853.92, while Germany's DAX dove 2.3% to 12,989.70. Britain's FTSE 100 fell 1.2% to 7,066.66. US shares were set to drift lower with Dow futures at 30,037.00, down 1.6%. S&P 500 futures fell 1.9% to 3,698.00. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 shed 0.4% to finish at 26,149.55. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.2% to 6,508.50. South Korea's Kospi tumbled 2.7% to 2,342.81. Hong Kong's Hang Seng dropped 2.6% to 21,008.34, while the Shanghai Composite sank 1.2% to 3,267.20. Stocks have been mostly sliding in recent weeks as investors adjust to higher interest rates that the Federal Reserve and other central banks are increasingly ...
In the short-term, Wood suggests that investors should sell stocks on a rally. The bet for a sustained equity market rally before 2022 end is a possible change in the US Fed's language, he said
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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
Market volatility and a rapidly changing macroeconomic landscape have clouded metrics that investors typically use to value stocks
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The S&P BSE Sensex and Nifty50 indices hit 52-week lows on Thursday, as economists fear a recession could be around the corner for the US. Markets watchers see more pain ahead for the Indian markets
The Dow had rallied on Wednesday after the Fed Chairman Jerome Powell announced its largest rate hike since 1994
Foreign investors sold shares worth 3,257.65 crore on Thursday, taking their year-to-date selling tally past the Rs 2-trllion mark
The S&P is down 22.2% year-to-date and is in a bear market
Growth stocks decline, banks also down; S&P 500 down 22.9% year-to-date
The government does not see any adverse impact on the Indian economy post the US Federal Reserve's decision to raise interest rates by 75 basis points, Economic Affairs Secretary Ajay Seth said