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Economy, Stocks

“Dow falls 600 points, tumbling below 30,000 to the lowest level in more than a year”

“The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled below the key 30,000 level on Thursday as investors worried the Federal Reserve’s more aggressive approach toward inflation would bring the economy into a recession. The Dow had rallied on Wednesday after the Fed… Continue Reading…

Cryptocurrencies

“Bitcoin Price Drops Below $30K for the First Time Since January”

“Bitcoin dipped below the long-held support at $30,000 on Tuesday, hitting the lowest level since Jan. 28. The cryptocurrency traded at $29,700 shortly before press time, bringing the year-to-date gain down to just 3%, according to CoinDesk 20 data. The drop… Continue Reading…

Economy

“Jobless claims: Initial filings broke below 400,000 for the first time since March 2020”

“…The Department of Labor released its weekly report on new jobless claims Thursday at 8:30 a.m. ET. Here were the main metrics from the report, compared to consensus data compiled by Bloomberg: Initial jobless claims, week ended May 29: 385,000 vs. 387,000 expected… Continue Reading…

Economy

“First-time jobless claims fall below 1 million for the first time since March”

“Another 963,000 Americans filed for regularfirst-time unemployment benefits last week on a seasonally adjusted basis — the first time in five months that number has dipped below 1 million, the Department of Labor said Thursday. It was the lowest number of weekly… Continue Reading…

Economy

“U.S. oil plunges 25% to trade below $13 a barrel to start another punishing week”

“June West Texas Intermediate crude CLM20, -26.62%, the U.S. benchmark, lost $4.20, or 25%, to trade at $12.69 a barrel, following a 32.3% decline for the week—its biggest such decline on record—for the commodity and a landmark plunge in the now-defunct May contract,… Continue Reading…

Economy

Oil: “…crude’s spectacular plunge below $0 a barrel”

“The formerly unthinkable drop in oil prices below $0 a barrel on Monday is still reverberating through financial markets, as supply overwhelms demand destroyed by the coronavirus pandemic, forcing some energy companies into possible bankruptcy as storage reaches maximum capacity.… Continue Reading…

Banking, Economy

“Negative rates come to the US: 1-month and 3-month Treasury bill yields are now below zero”

“Yields on both the one-month and three-month Treasury bills dipped below zero Wednesday, a week and a half after the Federal Reserve cuts its benchmark rate to near-zero and as investors have flocked to the safety of fixed income amid… Continue Reading…

Banking, Economy

“10-year Treasury yield falls below 1% for the first time after Fed slashes rates…”

“The 10-year Treasury yield broke below 1% for the first time ever in the wake of an emergency rate cut by the Federal Reserve to combat the economic effects of the spreading coronavirus. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury… Continue Reading…

Banking, Economy

“Ex-Fed boss Greenspan says ‘there is no barrier’ to Treasury yields falling below zero”

“There is some $15 trillion in government debt that now yields less than zero, and former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan believes there’s no reason why U.S. government bond yields couldn’t join much of the developed world in the subzero… Continue Reading…