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Schwab Market Update Podcast
Consumer confidence falls along with services outlook, but a divergence between soft data and hard data may assuage fears. Mixed real estate data isn’t likely to help doubters.
On April 2, the U.S. is preparing to announce additional tariffs on a wide range of imports and countries. Here's the assessment of those policies, and their possible impacts.
Commentary
Chief Global Investment Strategist Jeffrey Kleintop's 90-second take on the markets for the week ahead.
On Investing
Liz Ann Sonders and Kathy Jones analyze the recent Fed meeting and the outlook for potential stagflation.
Bond Insights
Investment-grade floating-rate notes prices tend to be more stable than their fixed-rate counterparts, so they may be worth considering during periods of volatility.
The Fed held the federal funds rate steady and signaled two rate cuts this year, despite expecting inflation to remain elevated.
Recession fears have risen sharply of late as economic soft data have rolled over, upping the risk that hard data start to catch down.
Unpredictable U.S. tariff policy has heightened concerns about a potential U.S. economic recession.
On Investing
Liz Ann Sonders and Kevin Gordon analyze the dynamics and indicators that might indicate a recession is looming.