Trump says Fed chair 'hard decision'
President Donald Trump said Janet Yellen was still in the mix to chair the Federal Reserve for the next four years.
`Taylor Put' signals traders on edge
At first glance, the $US14.1 trillion Treasuries market is as calm as ever.
Home buyers and companies boost Chinese lending
Chinese banks extended more loans than expected in September, buoyed by demand from home buyers and companies.
Bernanke wants interest rate shake up
Former US Federal Reserve chair calls for a radical new interest rate framework that would shake up 25-year monetary policy system.
Wall St may be sitting on an inflation time bomb
The edifice of hyper-valued assets across the world is built on one elemental premise: that US inflation is dead. If that proves wrong, the effect on markets will be devastating.
China prepares $US2b bond sale
China is moving forward with plans to issue its first sovereign bonds in dollars since 2004.
Fed split on inflation intensified
US central bank policymakers had a prolonged debate about inflation, and the path for interest rates, at their latest meeting.
Confidence boost for house prices and property debt
There has been a big boost in views on house prices and the availability of finance.
Banks shy away from Adani's $US500m bond issue
Adani's Abbot Point coal terminal is poised to release the prospectus for a $US500 million bond issue to help refinance the debt of the expo...
Why the Fed's QE 'achieved nothing'
A slavish adoption of mainstream economic ideas for decades may not have served us so well, says bond fund manager Vimal Gor.
