stagflation

ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood asserts that Wall Street's stagflation fears are fundamentally misguided, predicting that structural economic forces will soon drive inflation unexpectedly low. Breaking Consensus While market consensus braces for sticky inflation and economic stagnation, Wood believes...

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) CEO Jamie Dimon has issued a stark warning about the trajectory of the global economy, pointing to rising government deficits and sticky inflation as a toxic combination that could trigger a future “bond crisis” and the worst-case scenario of...

The conflict in Iran could potentially trigger a surge in inflation and a slowdown in the U.S. economy, cautioned Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Austan Goolsbee. Goolsbee voiced his concerns at the Detroit Economic Club on Tuesday and noted that the war has already led to a spike...

The specter of political interference in the Federal Reserve is rippling through the market, and for ETF investors, the parallels to the 1970s are becoming more and more difficult to ignore. • What’s next for TIP stock? While Sen. Elizabeth Warren has accused President Donald Trump of...

U.S. equities traded in mixed territory Friday morning as Wall Street weighed a stark downward revision to fourth-quarter economic growth against a sticky inflation reading prior to the oil shock of the war in Iran. • State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF stock is...

The University of Michigan's preliminary consumer sentiment reading for March 2026 came in at 55.5, a modest 1.9% decline from February's 56.6 and the lowest level in three months. • United States Oil Fund stock is showing upward bias. Where is USO stock headed? But the headline number masks...

A new macro risk is quietly entering the market narrative: stagflation. On Monday, longtime market bull Ed Yardeni warned the current oil shock could revive a stagflation outcome for the U.S. economy — an unusual combination of weak growth and accelerating prices. • State Street SPDR S&P...

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...