• Mar 04, 2025

Traders Pile Into Fed Rate-Cut Bets as Tariffs Roil Markets

(Bloomberg) -- Traders are piling into bets that the Federal Reserve will resume cutting interest rates as soon as May as President Donald Trump’s tariff hikes threaten to upend an already weakening US economy.Most Read from BloombergHow Upzoning in Cambridge Broke the YIMBY MoldRemembering the Landscape Architect Who Embraced the CityHong Kong Joins Global Stadium Race With New $4 Billion Sports ParkUS Tent Facility is Holding Migrant Families Longer Than RecommendedNYC’s Finances Are Sinking W

  • Mar 04, 2025

Crypto ‘Alt Season’ May Disappear for Good in Marketwide Slump

(Bloomberg) -- One of the more dependable trading patterns in crypto appears to have become less reliable during the swift drawdown from the all-time highs reached amid the exuberance around the re-election of Donald Trump. Most Read from BloombergHow Upzoning in Cambridge Broke the YIMBY MoldRemembering the Landscape Architect Who Embraced the CityHong Kong Joins Global Stadium Race With New $4 Billion Sports ParkUS Tent Facility is Holding Migrant Families Longer Than RecommendedNYC’s Finances

  • Mar 04, 2025

Trump deregulation push boosts appeal of swap spread wideners in bond market

NEW YORK (Reuters) -A potential move by the Federal Reserve to ease regulations on capital for U.S. banks that would allow them to hold more Treasury securities has unleashed a torrent of so-called swap spread wideners in the bond market. These are bets that increase demand for U.S. Treasuries that will push their yields lower and closer to those of a competing class of risk-free assets called interest rate swaps. The trade has become popular since the November 5 U.S. election on expectations President Donald Trump's administration will push through deregulation, particularly making capital adequacy rules less restrictive for banks.