.... — ReutersJamie McGeever is a columnist for Reuters.... The views expressed here are the writer’s own....

McGeever is a columnist for Reuters.... The views expressed here are the writer’s own....

BRASILIA( Reuters)-Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, undergoing hospital treatment for complications following a near-fatal 2018 stabbing, said on Saturday that he feels fine and cannot wait to get back to work. The Vila Nova Star hospital where Bolsonaro has been since Wednesday said that is making satisfactory progress and may be discharged within days, while chief surgeon Antonio Macedo told journalists that he could be released on Sunday. Bolsonaro was offered a diet of soups and purees on

BRASILIA( Reuters)-Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro said on Wednesday he may not accept the result of a presidential election next year unless the voting system, which uses computers to record votes, is replaced with printed ballots that he favors.... " Because one side, which is our side, may not accept the result." Bolsonaro's comments add to concerns that he is setting the stage to refuse to accept an election loss in 2022, much like his hero, former U.S. President Donald Trump.... Bolsona

Equity and fixed income valuations at the start of this year were very high. But investors’ skittishness in recent weeks may have reached extreme levels. Look at the two-year yield’s reaction to the January inflation data and hawkish comments from St.... The Fed will choose to let inflation run higher rather than let asset prices melt down and lead to financial instability, ” he said.So far this year the SP 500’s total returns are down 8% and Treasuries returns are down 3.5%.... — ReutersJamie

WITH peak interest rates in sight, the countdown is on to when the Federal Reserve( Fed) and other central banks walk markets down the other side of the hill and start cutting rates. History shows the average lag between last hike and first cut is short but has gotten longer since the 1990s, something investors should bear in mind as the global easing cycle comes closer into view. One thing is for sure – the Fed is doing its utmost to dampen market expectations of a quick ‘pivot’ to prevent loos

WITH peak interest rates in sight, the countdown is on to when the Federal Reserve( Fed) and other central banks walk markets down the other side of the hill and start cutting rates. History shows the average lag between last hike and first cut is short but has gotten longer since the 1990s, something investors should bear in mind as the global easing cycle comes closer into view. One thing is for sure – the Fed is doing its utmost to dampen market expectations of a quick ‘pivot’ to prevent loos

And who would have said oil prices would turn negative for the first time in history, with a barrel of Brent crude for a brief moment in April 2020 “ costing ” minus US$ 37?... Another of Standard Chartered’s more plausible surprises next year is the Fed being forced into a 25 basis point rate hike because inflation accelerates. Inflation is still above the Fed’s 2% target, so why wouldn’t policymakers act if it picked up again?... Morgan Stanley’s emerging markets team, meanwhile, posit that

This means moving out of stocks, credit and emerging market assets, and into United States Treasuries, top-rated government bonds and the dollar. But then what?... That may flip in the coming years. JPMorgan economists said Berlin’s defence pivot is one of a “ number of profound political and policy implications ” resulting from the Russia-Ukraine war that will reverberate for years to come. Others may prove equally important.... Italy’s foreign minister said on Monday that Rome will buy more

A recomposition of the US$ 13 trillion( RM57.2 trillion) pile of global currency reserves would only tee up a battle for the euro’s second place in the rankings rather than threaten the US dollar’s central role. That’s the view of two of the world’s leading experts on foreign exchange reserves and global capital flows, Barry Eichengreen and Eswar Prasad, who appeared on a Brookings Institution panel discussion this week entitled: “ The future of the US dollar: Are its days as the world’s dominan