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Is the fixed-income market ripe for yield-hunting amid volatility? Here’s where to look, according to analysts

Short-duration bonds are preferred to their long-duration counterparts in periods of volatility

Oil has been hovering around US$100 a barrel after surging 35% in a week following the Feb 28 US-Israeli strikes on Iran.
NEWS ANALYSIS

Stuck between inflationary and deflationary forces, Fed almost certain to keep rates unchanged

Officials warn any rate-cut plans will be shelved until the aftershocks of the Iran war become clear

Donald Trump has flip-flopped from saying the war could end “very soon” to claiming the US has “plenty of time” as it pounds targets from the skies.

World’s top central banks are about to confront fresh inflation threat as war jolts oil

Much hinges on how long the conflict lasts, something markets are struggling to gauge

Goldman says earlier cuts remain possible if the labour market weakens sooner and more substantially than expected.

Goldman Sachs delays Fed rate-cut call as Middle East war lifts inflation risks

It now expects quarter-point reductions in September and December

Smoke rises following an explosion, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran on Mar 7.

Iran conflict forces central banks into sharp policy rethink

IMF urges policymakers to ‘think of the unthinkable’

The Fed is expected to hold rates steady at its upcoming Mar 17 to 18 meeting.

Fed faced with hard choice on weak jobs, high inflation

The central bank aims for 2% inflation, though it has not met that goal for the past five years

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee said having monetary policy independence was something we have learned is “critically important” for keeping inflation under control.

Federal Reserve’s Goolsbee touts importance of central bank independence 

[NEW YORK] Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee said on Thursday that central bank independence is very important for controlling inflation.

Kraken Financial is the company’s Wyoming-chartered bank and Payward is the legal parent.

Kraken’s banking arm becomes first crypto firm to secure payments account with Fed

Digital-asset companies have also benefited under US President Donald Trump, who has promised to make America the “crypto capital of the world”

Jobseekers speak with recruiters at a career fair in Seattle, Washington, Feb 10, 2026.

Two Federal Reserve officials do not see imminent need to change monetary policy

TWO Federal Reserve officials on Tuesday signalled no near-term appetite to change the setting of central bank interest rate policy.