Julia Verlaine
@JAVerlaine
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@WSJ reporter covering markets in New York. Former correspondent for Bloomberg in Brussels and London.
New York, NY
Joined June 2009
Honored to receive a Loeb award for our GameStop coverage with such amazing women -Juliet Chung @JAVerlaine @akaneotani @mccabe_caitlin #loebawards
.@UCLAANDERSON PRESENTS THE 2022 LOEB AWARD FOR THE BREAKING NEWS CATEGORY TO: @WSJ FOR: “The GameStop Frenzy” #loebawards
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So very honored to have won a Loeb award last night for @WSJ’s coverage of the GameStop mania last year. And grateful for an incredible team to do it with— @akaneotani @ChungJuliet @GunjanJS and @JAVerlaine!
.@UCLAANDERSON PRESENTS THE 2022 LOEB AWARD FOR THE BREAKING NEWS CATEGORY TO: @WSJ FOR: “The GameStop Frenzy” #loebawards
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🎧: When is a strong $ too strong? That’s a question being posed on Wall Street right now. While a rising $ has boosted the purchasing power of individual Americans @JAVerlaine tells @thecourier that the surge is now squeezing economies around the world.
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A.M. Edition for Sept. 13. When is a strong dollar too strong? That’s a question being posed on Wall Street right now. While a rising dollar has boosted the purchasing power of individual Americans,...
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Inflation is high, but U.S. consumers’ relative purchasing power has never been higher …
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Federal Reserve policy has driven the dollar’s gains as higher rates attract overseas investors’ money.
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The July CPI was the kind of report that was necessary to keep alive the prospect that the Fed could dial down rate rises to 50 basis points in September. But after hot labor market data pointed a potential third straight 75 bps hike, will it be enough?
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An easing in price pressures last month followed reports of stronger-than-expected wage growth, complicating the rate-setting outlook.
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And ICYMI, we looked at how the strong U.S. dollar and weakened Chinese yuan have been a drag on gold. https://t.co/On2cZVVEX3 via @WSJ
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Investors often rush to buy the haven asset gold when inflation is high, but a strong dollar combined with a weaker yuan are bad news for gold bugs.
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Dollar hasn’t put in a new high since July 14. Why? May just be that time of the season. https://t.co/UXPdqW4bVO via @wsj
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The dollar hasn’t put in a new high since July 14, halting its rally. That’s a contrast to stocks and bonds. Why is the dollar sidelined? The answer has to do with the
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Extract from Boundless in @WSJ . Carlos Ghosn’s Great Escape: the Inside Story https://t.co/iTdwgFmWu8
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The scheme involved stacks of cash, a stealthy dash to the airport, and plenty of cloak-and-dagger tactics. In the end, though, the auto executive had to hunker down in a claustrophobic box, hoping...
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An explainer video I helped out with that dives into the impact of a strong U.S. dollar https://t.co/s2N9CP5d9U via @WSJ
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Foreign investors selling stocks and bonds are hoarding the U.S. dollar as market volatility picks up https://t.co/XgPESoZ62Z via @WSJ
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Foreign investors, concerned about soaring inflation and a global slowdown, are keeping their cash in the U.S. currency.
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Print’s (mostly) dead, but it’s still fun when the delivery guy accidentally leaves a WSJ on Monday and you get to see how this cross-continental story from @JAVerlaine and @megumifujikawa looks the old-fashioned way. The yen usually goes up when markets get ugly. Not this time.
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Japan’s yen usually benefits when markets get ugly. Not this time https://t.co/htRix0C3hR via @WSJ @megumifujikawa
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The yen is approaching its weakest point since 2002, stuck between a strong U.S. dollar and Japan’s easy-money policy.
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It's official... we won a @NYPressClub award for our reporting on GameStop and the broader meme stock mania of '21! @JAVerlaine @GunjanJS @rudegeair @KirstenGrind @maureenmfarrell 💎👐
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The universe of foreign-exchange trading is usually pretty calm. Not now, though https://t.co/sPtDtslsPQ via @WSJ
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Volatility in currencies has jumped as inflation roils trading.
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The Specializing Business Reporting award goes to @JAVerlaine, @GunjanJS, Juliet Chung, @mccabe_caitlin, @RachelEnsignWSJ of @WSJ for their work breaking down the GameStop Reddit Mania. https://t.co/463AyAPrel
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The trader known as DeepF—ingValue on the WallStreetBets forum and “Roaring Kitty” on YouTube helped turn the investing world upside down. “I didn’t expect this.”
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First bonds went green. Now they are going blue. Wall Street is embracing a new kind of environmentally friendly debt aimed at lowering ocean pollution https://t.co/I2Gp26efEf via @WSJ
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Wall Street is embracing a new kind of environmentally friendly debt aimed at lowering ocean pollution.
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The reverse repo market is on fire. That’s usually not an awesome sign. By @JAVerlaine
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Money-market funds, banks and other investors are parking over $1 trillion in spare cash overnight in reverse and repo markets—a surge in short-term lending that is raising concerns about whether...
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Powell is less concerned about virus risks from an economic standpoint (as opposed to a public health standpoint) because vaccines are effective, a lot of people got them, and the economy seems to have learned to live with the virus.
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The Fed upgraded its assessment of the economy and downgraded its assessment of virus risks.
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