Jean Yung

Washington, D.C.

Federal Reserve Reporter at Market News International

Fed-related tweets @MNIFedWatch. Personal inclinations here.

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MNI BRIEF: US-China Deal Sets Up for Market Acces...- 05-12-2025

5 days ago | mnimarkets.com | Jean Yung

You are missing out on very valuable content. A 90-day pause in the U.S.-China tariff standoff will "set a path for future discussions to open market access for American exports," the White House said in a statement Monday. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng will...
MNI INTERVIEW: Tariffs' Inflationary Impact Will ...- 05-07-2025

1 week ago | mnimarkets.com | Jean Yung

U.S. monetary policy was neutral at best before President Trump's trade war, and tariffs are set to exacerbate the existing decline of potential growth and increase upside risks to inflation, Evan Koenig, former senior aide to the president of the Da...
MNI FED WATCH: On Hold Until Tariffs Effects Mate...- 05-05-2025

1 week ago | mnimarkets.com | Jean Yung

The Federal Reserve will keep interest rates unchanged Wednesday for a third straight meeting and reaffirm it is well placed to wait for more clarity before reacting to President Donald Trump's barrage of tariffs this month. The target range for the...
MNI INTERVIEW: Fed On Hold Until Tariff Pause Pas...- 05-05-2025

1 week ago | mnimarkets.com | Jean Yung

You are missing out on very valuable content. Federal Reserve officials are likely to support a holding pattern for interest rates until at least the end of the 90-day delay in President Trump's reciprocal tariffs program expires July 8, former Atlanta Fed President Dennis Lockhart told MNI. If...
MNI INTERVIEW:Dollar Crash Could Hit Without Warn...- 05-01-2025

2 weeks ago | mnimarkets.com | Jean Yung

A possible global shift away from U.S. assets brought on by President Trump's barrage of tariffs raises the spectre of a balance-of-payments crisis that could throw the American economy into recession and tip the dollar off a cliff - potentially with...
MNI INTERVIEW: A Few Fed Cuts Likely By Year-End ...- 04-30-2025

2 weeks ago | mnimarkets.com | Jean Yung

The Federal Reserve is likely to cut interest rates a few times by the end of the year as tariffs cause a meaningful U.S. slowdown in the second half, but huge trade policy uncertainty could also see outcomes as dire as a global recession or as brigh...
MNI: Philly Fed Names Fed Economist Anna Paulson ...- 04-17-2025

1 month ago | mnimarkets.com | Jean Yung

You are missing out on very valuable content. Anna Paulson, a senior Fed economist, will be the next president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, the bank said Thursday. She succeeds Patrick Harker, who retires June 30 after 10 years. She will vote on monetary policy next year. Paulso...
MNI: Powell Says Fed In Wait-And-See Mode On Trad...- 04-16-2025

1 month ago | mnimarkets.com | Jean Yung

You are missing out on very valuable content. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday the FOMC should wait before making any interest rates moves given that President Donald Trump's high tariffs could raise both inflation and unemployment, putting the Fed in a "challenging scenario." ...
MNI INTERVIEW: US Bond Selloff A 'Stern Warning' ...- 04-14-2025

1 month ago | mnimarkets.com | Jean Yung

Bond market stress remains below levels which would require intervention by the Federal Reserve, but it is a "stern warning" to consider ways to help dealers when there is a plausible risk of a loss of confidence in U.S. Treasuries not only by global...
MNI INTERVIEW: Fed Uneasy Over Optics Of Interven...- 04-10-2025

1 month ago | mnimarkets.com | Jean Yung

An intervention by the Federal Reserve in strained Treasury markets would give the appearance of policy easing, something that officials are keen to avoid at this point, Chicago Booth economist Anil Kashyap told MNI, as he urged the U.S. central bank...