stagflation

Economist Peter Schiff issued warnings about America’s economic trajectory during Wednesday’s Federal Reserve meeting, predicting the central bank’s decade-long policies will trigger an unavoidable crisis worse than 2008. What Happened: The Federal Open Market Committee kept...

The Chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co., Jamie Dimon, addressed the issues surrounding huge deficits, inflationary factors, and geopolitical risk in the U.S. economy while talking to Bloomberg Television at the Global China Summit in Shanghai. What Happened: While Dimon agreed with the...

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) CEO Jamie Dimon delivered a sobering assessment of the economic landscape at the bank's annual investor day on Monday.  The head of the nation's largest bank warned that markets are displaying an "extraordinary amount of complacency" in the face of mounting risks...

Editor’s Note: This article has been updated to reflect the correct 2-year Treasury bond yield of 3.95%. U.S. stock futures advanced on Friday after a mixed close on Thursday. Futures of major benchmark indices were trading higher in premarket. The S&P 500 index recorded its fourth day of...

Global markets digested a week packed with trade breakthroughs, monetary policy signals, and digital asset milestones. Wall Street remains cautiously optimistic as the Trump administration intensifies efforts to strike favorable trade deals. Hopes were buoyed by a high-level summit between U.S. and...

A growing chorus of economists is sounding the alarm that stagflation — a toxic mix of sluggish growth, rising unemployment, and persistent inflation — is no longer a distant threat but the most probable path for the U.S. economy. Reacting to the May Federal Open Market Committee meeting and Chair...

Economist Mohamed El‑Erian warns that President Donald Trump's trade and tariff regime has set the U.S. up for one of two extremes: either a “Thatcher‑Reagan era on steroids,” or “Jimmy Carter's stagflation all over again,” and he puts the odds at 50‑50. What Happened: The...

Wall Street ended the week on a strong note, with major indices posting their best weekly performance in years, as traders appeared confident that the escalation in the U.S.-China trade war — which led to triple-digit tariff increases on both sides — would be resolved in the near term. Not even a...

A sharp collapse in consumer confidence is setting off alarms from Main Street, with fresh inflation fears and growing recession risk fanning concerns that the U.S. economy is heading toward a painful stagflationary mix not seen since the early 1980s. In preliminary April data released Friday, the...

Billionaire investor and the founder of Bridgewater Associates, Ray Dalio, has issued a warning about the economic ripples of escalating tariffs. In a recent analysis, Dalio dissects the “tariff machine,” revealing its impact on global markets and highlighting the potential for “...

President Donald Trump is expected to announce sweeping new trade tariffs Wednesday afternoon, calling it "Liberation Day" — a symbolic push to tackle the ballooning U.S. trade deficit with major global partners. Early reports suggest the new reciprocal tariffs could reach as high as 20% on a wide...

Billionaire investor Mark Cuban is arguing against the notion that artificial intelligence will be a primary driver of deflation and believes that it will be a massive driver of innovation and productivity. What Happened: Anthony Pompliano, the founder and CEO of Professional Capital Management, in...

Ed Yardeni, the veteran Wall Street strategist known for his bullish ‘Roaring 2020s’ thesis, is dialing back optimism and raising stagflation alarms as a new wave of U.S. tariffs threatens to throttle corporate margins and push inflation higher. In his latest Yardeni’s quicktake,...

A U.S. dollar bounce in reaction to imminent reciprocal tariff announcements might be the perfect moment to cash out before deeper economic tensions unravel the greenback, according to Bank of America. In its latest FX Viewpoint report, the team led by Athanasios Vamvakidis reaffirmed a bearish...

Wall Street remains on edge as investors adopt a cautious stance amid an increasingly uncertain economic outlook. At its March meeting, the Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged at 4.25%-4.50%, signaling "no rush" to adjust its monetary policy. Yet, the central bank's latest economic...