"Taper is coming soon, but its effects will be off-set by significant declines in Treasury and Agency MBS issuance. The Fed is trying to tell you that lift-off is closer, but still far away. The taper will be a non-issue."

"The US equity market follows a V-shaped pattern around recessions, with sharply negative returns heading into recessions and a strong recovery as the recession unfolds. In addition, recessions are usually preceded by an inverted yield _...Read More_

"Central bank regional presidents traded securities in markets in which Fed choices mattered in 2020. Here’s why critics find that troubling."

"China's central bank policymakers pushed back Tuesday on expectations they would take aggressive measures to boost economic growth."

"Move is being closely watched by global players as they prepare to enter China’s highly competitive mutual funds market."

"Global central bankers trying to gauge the threat posed by surging inflation have another puzzle to solve too: whether the pandemic has shifted their policy bearings."

"Though smaller companies have lagged behind bigger ones, they are staging a recovery and could be well-positioned to keep going—especially if the latest concerns about the economic recovery ease."

"In a crisis like the one that hit the world in March 2020, only one thing will restore confidence: limitless cash. An excerpt from Shutdown: How Covid Shook the World’s Economy."

US rivals remain keen, but with profits under pressure, some wonder if the supermarket is really worth a £7bn offer.

“We’re moving past the point of peak growth. The strongest period of the recovery now looks to be behind us, we’re seeing that in the economic data,” said Hugh Gimber, global market strategist at JP Morgan Asset Management. “The recovery is _...Read More_

"Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news"

"Retail data shows 0.4% month-on-month increase in August, with 0.6% rise in non-food"

"Ida knocked out offshore oil and gas production in the Gulf of Mexico, caused ‘catastrophic’ damage to Louisiana’s grid."

An interesting read on taking the farmers’ market online, but what about farmers and ranchers who lack internet access and/or literacy?