Lee Chien Hui, CEO of Sing Lun Holdings, elected new SBF chairman. Article focuses on resilience, AI, geopolitics, and discusses future readiness and ASEAN opportunities.
CFTC is investigating suspicious oil futures trades around Trump's Iran policy shift, focusing on abnormal volumes on CME and ICE platforms and Tag 50 identifiers.
Fed Chair Walsh presided over his first FOMC meeting, held rates unchanged, downplayed forward guidance and the dot plot, stressed the 2% inflation target, and announced five task forces on communication, data, and balance sheet reforms.
Fed held rates, signaled possible hike this year. New Chair Warsh stressed price stability, downplayed dot plot and forward guidance, said will push communication and institutional reform.
As dot plot may fade and forward guidance weakens, market reassesses rate hike risk. This article reviews how inflation, jobs, FOMC shifts impact rate expectations.
