Last week, a series of U.S. employment data fueled concerns about a potential economic recession, causing the S&P 500 to drop 4.2%, marking its worst weekly performance since January 2022. U.S. 2-year and 10-year Treasury yields fell, reflecting market expectations of a more aggressive rate cut ...

The Federal Reserve released the minutes of the July FOMC meeting on August 21, providing insight into the views of Fed officials on the current economic conditions and outlook:   Inflation: Inflation has eased compared to a year ago, with core PCE rising 2.6% year-over-year in June. Alth...

Over the past two weeks, the unexpected rate hike by Japan, coupled with weak U.S. manufacturing PMI and rising unemployment rates, sparked fears of an economic recession in the markets. Meanwhile the strengthening of the yen prompted a significant number of carry trade investors to sell assets to ...