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...Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music. Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com...
...US inflation unexpectedly increased to 3.2 per cent last month, highlighting the challenge faced by the Federal Reserve in the “last mile” of its fight against rising prices....
...Investors have fallen into line with the Federal Reserve’s expectation that it will cut interest rates just three times this year, ending a months-long stand-off between markets and the central bank....
...The timing and speed of Federal Reserve interest rate cuts have been the biggest single driver of markets this year....
...Specification: Economic Indicators Click to read the article below and then answer the questions: US inflation eases to 2.4%, according to Federal Reserve’s target index How does January’s CPI compare...
...Federal Reserve officials remained “highly attentive” to inflation risks and wary of cutting interest rates too quickly, according to the minutes of its January meeting, pouring more cold water on market...
...Federal Reserve officials were wary of cutting interest rates too quickly this year, according to a record of their last meeting in January, as they remained “highly attentive” to the risk of resurgent inflation...
...Analysts have upgraded their forecasts for the US economy this year, bolstering hopes of a soft landing and bets that the Federal Reserve will delay interest rate cuts until the summer....
...The Federal Reserve is “not far” from having the confidence to start cutting interest rates, its chair Jay Powell has said, bolstering hopes that the central bank will lower borrowing costs in the coming...
...This chart below uses the Federal Reserve’s senior credit officer survey net level as the proxy for credit availability....
...The US Federal Reserve held interest rates at a 23-year high on Wednesday, but gave little immediate indication of when it would begin cutting borrowing costs this year.The Federal Open Market Committee’...
...The Federal Reserve made two things clear at its meeting on Wednesday — interest rate cuts are coming, but not as soon as many investors might like....
...A top Federal Reserve official has said the US central bank is within “striking distance” of returning inflation to its 2 per cent goal, but cautioned rate-setters would “take our time” before cutting borrowing...
...Over at the WSJ, Jinjoo Lee focused on the dollar stores chains — Dollar Tree and Dollar General — noting that the end of pandemic-era Federal supplements to state food stamp programs continue to pressure...
...US inflation eased to 2.4 per cent in the year to January, according to the metric that the Federal Reserve uses for its inflation target, supporting expectations of rate cuts later this year....
...Wednesday’s unexpectedly dovish shift by Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell added to the optimistic mood among investors who had already been buoyed by strong corporate earnings and the series of softer economic...
...An SRR could follow the model of the Federal Reserve’s efforts to address financial stability risk: aiming to prevent crises, and reducing harm when they occur....
...The market’s stubborn hopes of a first cut to US interest rates in March were finally crushed over the past week by strong economic data and firm messaging from Jay Powell, chair of the Federal Reserve....
...Would-be homebuyers who have been dreaming of Federal Reserve rate cuts might need to dial down their hopes....
...This time last year, most economists expected the US Federal Reserve would be spending 2023 facing down a recession while fighting against the biggest wave of inflation for a generation....
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...Jay Powell moved to cool speculation that the Federal Reserve would begin cutting interest rates as soon as March, saying that was not the “base case” as the US central bank considers easing monetary policy...
...Last week, Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell gave a talk at Spelman College in which he declared that “for me, a big, big party, and I mean this is as fun as it gets, [is] a really good inflation report”....
...during this critical time period when the Federal Reserve was taking monetary policy actions to address the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the US economy,” the report said....
...The reality is that the US economy is simply not slowing down, and the Fed pivot has provided a strong tailwind to growth since December....
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