Gauges of volatility in currencies, bonds and stocks have fallen in recent days as investors took heart from news that Chinato see the invasion of Ukraine amid U.S. warnings against supporting Russia. With a slew of central-bank meetings also in the rearview mirror, investors will be looking to rejigger their portfolios and parse the global effects of the Fed’s first rate hike since 2018, alongside last week’s decisions from the Bank of England and Japan’s monetary authority.
The next big question for investors is how many more rate increases the Fed is planning for 2022 and what effect they will have on the U.S. economic outlook, with increased concern about recession after another inversion in the Treasury yield curve. A slew of Fed officials are set to speak this week, as are policymakers from the Bank of England and the European Central Bank.
The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index finished last week down nearly 1%, with the greenback falling against all but one of its developed-market peers — the yen, which faces further losses after the Bank of Japan recommitted to keeping its monetary policy easy. Meanwhile, Russian regulators are still exploring ways to reopen the country’s equity market, which has been closed since late February. The Bank of Russia will begin purchasing domestic sovereign bonds Monday in an effort to stabilize that market as it reopens.
This is such a gross headline. Sorry if people are DYING, hope y'all can still get rich off of people's misery.