Tag: Interest Rates
A Fed Pivot? Not Yet, Policymakers Suggest, as Rapid Inflation Lingers.
Federal Reserve officials on Tuesday made clear that they expected to continue raising rates to try to choke…
Fed’s Kashkari says officials are ‘a long way’ from backing off inflation fight.
Neel Kashkari, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, suggested on Friday that markets had gotten…
Pay growth and prices picked up, keeping the Fed on track for rate increases.
Wages, prices and consumer spending all continued to climb, the latest government data showed Friday — fresh evidence…
U.S. Economy Shows Another Decline, Fanning Recession Fears
A key measure of economic output fell for the second straight quarter, raising fears that the United States…
How U.S. Inflation Expectations Are Being Shaped by Consumer Choices
Economic policymakers are razor focused on inflation expectations after more than a year of rapid price increases. Consumers…
How Will Interest Rate Increases Impact Inflation?
The Federal Reserve is expected to announce its fourth interest rate increase of 2022 on Wednesday as it…
Fed Prepares Another Rate Increase as Wall Street Wonders What’s Next
Federal Reserve officials are set to make a second abnormally large interest rate increase this week as they…
Solving the Housing Crisis Means Building When No One Is Buying
Last year, Freddie Mac estimated the nation’s housing supply deficit at 3.8 million units, up from 2.5 million…
What Is the Yield Curve? Wall Street’s Recession Alarm Is Ringing.
Wall Street’s most-talked-about recession indicator is sounding its loudest alarm in two decades, intensifying concerns among investors that…
Global Central Banks Ramp Up Inflation Fight
Central bankers around the world are lifting interest rates at an aggressive clip as rapid inflation persists and…
Stock Market Drop Accelerated as Recession Seemed More Likely
Investors had an awful start to the year as stocks twice entered bear market territory, falling more than…
Inflation Soared in June, Pinching Consumers and Challenging Policymakers
Prices surged 9.1 percent in June as consumers faced rapidly rising costs for gas, food and rent, a…