3+ day, 58+ min ago   (459+ words) Sep. 10, 2026 by Tuan Nguyen While headline producer prices rose 0.4% in August, most of the increase came from rising energy prices rather than the core measure, which matters much more to the Fed ahead of its upcoming meeting. The core measure,…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (720+ words) Sep. 9, 2026 by Joseph Brusuelas If the August Consumer Price Index and Producer Price Index arrive anywhere near the consensus forecast this week, investors and firm managers should prepare for not only one rate hike by the Federal Reserve but also…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (305+ words) Sep. 2, 2026 by Joseph Brusuelas A confluence of events is pushing the cost of borrowing higher across the developed economies. Investors are now factoring in the increased risk of holding long-term government bonds as inflation moves higher, as nations continue to…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (817+ words) Sep. 1, 2026 by Tuan Nguyen The sentiment among U.S. manufacturers improved in August, continuing the improving trend this year. The ISM Manufacturing purchasing managers index registered 54.6% in August versus 55.6% in July, an eighth straight month of expansion. Tariff refunds, rising business and…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (702+ words) Aug. 25, 2026 by Joseph Brusuelas The past week has featured two separate verbal interventions by the Treasury Department into the bond market to warn speculators around shorting the bond market to suppress yields at the long end of the maturity spectrum....

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (496+ words) Aug. 20, 2026 by Joseph Brusuelas The Treasury Department on Wednesday announced that it would double the size of its repurchases from $2 billion to $4 billion per operation for longer-dated nominal securities—the 10-year to 20-year maturity and the 20-year to 30-year maturity…...