The Economist (April 22)
“Monetary madness” continues in the U.S. as “Trump fires at the Fed.” After Trump took potshots, threatening to fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell, the American economy became “collateral damage…. When markets opened on April 21st, after a long Easter weekend, American stocks, Treasury bonds and the dollar all sharply declined—another example of the ‘sell America’ trade.”
Tags: Collateral damage, Declined, Dollar, Economy, Fed, Fire, Markets, Monetary madness, Potshots, Powell, Sell America, Stocks, Threatening, Treasury bonds, Trump, U.S.
Barron’s (May 22)
Nobody should be buying 35-year U.S. Treasury bonds, which offer just a little over 4% annual interest. Yet people are. Barron’s warns that “today’s investors” will see the value of their investment dwindle because “sunny days of low inflation won’t last.”
Nobody should be buying 35-year U.S. Treasury bonds, which offer just a little over 4% annual interest. Yet people are. Barron’s warns that “today’s investors” will see the value of their investment dwindle because “sunny days of low inflation won’t last.”
Tags: Inflation, Interest, Treasury bonds, U.S.
