The Fed’s Preferred Inflation Measure Ticked Up Slightly in December
The central bank needs to see further progress on inflation or weakness in the labor market to resume interest rate cuts.
Stock market today: Wall Street slips as consumers get more worried about inflation, Amazon slides
U.S. stocks are falling Friday after a discouraging report suggested U.S. consumers are bracing for much higher inflation, ...
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High Inflation Sows Debate About New Fed Playbook for Tariffs
Fresh tariffs amid high inflation are making the Fed’s job uniquely difficult and feeding uncertainty about what to expect for interest rates this ... it complicates the picture for the Fed ...
Aussie interest rate cut ‘unlikely to make a difference’ new data suggests
Australian mortgage holders are predicted to still be feeling the pressures of higher interest rates even as the RBA begins ...
Bank of England pour doubts over major interest rate cut with fresh inflation prediction: Live
Bank of England pour doubts over major interest rate cut with fresh inflation prediction: Live - Interest rates were cut from ...
Business Insider7d
Trump may be his own worst enemy in his fight against the Fed
Lowering rates in a high-growth economic scenario also risks stoking fresh inflationary pressures. Bond yields spiked ahead of Trump's inauguration, a sign that investors were weighing inflation ...
Couriermail11d
Anthony Albanese says Labor has done “all we can” to encourage rate cut
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he didn’t believe a lack of a rate cut would affect Labor’s re-election chances. Picture ... inflation and by this measure, inflation was still too high.” ...
Taking stock of Pakistan's government a year after elections
Pakistan's economy is showing signs of improvement, while protests for the main opposition party are losing steam. Does ...
The Australian9d
Inflation beast conquered but consumers have paid a high price
But if there is a high degree of uncertainty about the course of inflation over ... to usher through an interest-rate cut at the RBA’s board meeting next month. Picture: NewsWire / Jeremy ...
The economy grew 2.3% in the fourth quarter. What it could mean for Fed rate cuts
The U.S. economy grew 2.3% in the fourth quarter as consumers again powered gains. Here's what the showing could mean for Fed plans for more rate cuts ...
High Inflation Is Entering Its Fifth Year
The post-pandemic burst of high inflation, once called "transitory" by Federal Reserve officials, is poised to enter its fifth calendar year.