At the April Fed meeting, rates held at 3.75% with little chance of change. Powell may hold his last press conference; Warsh favors trimmed-average inflation.
The IMF’s 2026 scenarios show how equity indices could respond differently to energy shocks, inflation, yields, and regional exposure across global markets.
Weak data can lift stocks when markets expect easier policy, but that logic fails if inflation stays sticky or growth starts to look genuinely fragile.
Oil shocks can be traded in different ways. This piece explains how crude, ETFs, energy stocks and indices each react differently to the same move in oil.
How much power does a president really have over gas prices? A market analysis of Trump, Hormuz, global oil shocks, and the limits of White House control.
