Economy News U S Treasury Yields Fall As Investors Assess The State Of The Economy

A Month Without Data Muddles the Economic Picture

Tariffs and uncertainty were already making the economy hard to read. The loss of government data during the shutdown has made the situation much worse. Read More

Fed lowers interest rates as it struggles to assess state of US economy without key government data

Even in the best of times, the Fed has a tough time interpreting the data and deciding how best to guide the US economy. Read More

U.S.-China Tension Weighs Down on Treasury Yields, Dollar

1556 ET – A flaring up of U.S.-China trade tension sinks Treasury yields and the dollar. Trump accuses China of pursuing monopolistic control of trade on rare earths and related products and pledges ... Read More

Treasury Yields Rise, Dollar Weakens On Economic Worries

1608 ET – Treasury yields rise while the dollar weakens as the Fed’s Beige Book indicates that prices continue to rise while demand for workers looks feeble. Two other major threats for the U.S. Read More