Jerome Powell

Fastest economic expansion since 1984 expected

Commodities thrive where currencies dived

Covid-19 and US elections throw up shocks

Inflation to run above 2% 'for some time'

Inflation OK to climb 'above 2% over time'

Will address Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs

Following the unprecedented falls across all financial markets in recent weeks, the safest government bond markets have had to become cash vaults for fund allocators trying to raise the liquidity needed to plug the fast-growing holes left by the equity,...

Last Monday, for the first time in its history, the US Federal Reserve announced a liquidity programme that includes buying corporate debt.

Coronavirus concerns

Which will evolve and which will wither?