Interest Rates
Why dividend stocks should be a hot play into fall
ETF Edge Why dividend stocks should be a hot play into fall Published Sat, Aug 24 202411:00 AM EDT Ellie Stevens@elliestevens02 WATCH LIVE Source
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How investors can prepare for lower interest rates: It’s ‘like getting a haircut,’ advisor says
Key Points Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell signaled on Friday that lower interest rates are ahead. It would be the first time the central bank cut rates since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. Investors likely shouldn’t do much to prepare for that shift, advisors said. They can expect lower-risk assets like cash and short-term […]
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Bank of England’s Bailey: ‘More restrictive policy’ could still be needed due to labor market shocks
Andrew Bailey, governor of the Bank of England, waits to deliver a lecture at the London School of Economics in London, UK, on Tuesday, May 21, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey will hail the progress made in dampening inflation in the U.K. in a Friday speech, but […]
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Fed Chair Powell indicates interest rate cuts ahead: ‘The time has come for policy to adjust’
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell laid the groundwork Friday for interest rate cuts ahead, though he declined to provide exact indications on timing or extent. “The time has come for policy to adjust,” the central bank leader said in his much-awaited keynote address at the Fed’s annual retreat in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. “The direction of […]
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Watch live: Fed Chair Jerome Powell speaks from Jackson Hole conference
[The stream is slated to start at 10 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell delivers his keynote speech Friday morning at the central bank’s annual retreat in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Powell was widely expected to chart a path forward […]
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Here’s everything to expect from Fed Chair Powell’s speech Friday in Jackson Hole
Key Points Fed Chair Jerome Powell will deliver his policy speech at 10 a.m. ET from the central bank’s annual conclave in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. For all the attention being paid to the presentation, the chances of it containing any startling news seem remote. In previous years, Powell has used Jackson Hole speech to outline […]
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Philadelphia Fed President Harker advocates for interest rate cut in September
Key Points Philadelphia Federal Reserve President Patrick Harker provided a strong endorsement to an interest rate cut on the way. “I think it means this September we need to start a process of moving rates down,” Harker told CNBC. Kansas City Fed President Jeffrey Schmid also spoke to CNBC, offering a less direct take on […]
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Fed minutes point to ‘likely’ rate cut coming in September
Federal Reserve officials at their July meeting moved closer to a long-awaited interest rate reduction, stopping short while indicating that a September cut had grown increasingly probable, minutes released Wednesday showed. “The vast majority” of participants at the July 30-31 meeting “observed that, if the data continued to come in about as expected, it would […]
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CNBC Daily Open: A ‘crazy’ summer
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on August 20, 2024 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no […]
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CNBC Daily Open: ‘Crazy’ summer
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on Aug. 20, 2024. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. […]
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