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Fed promises ‘unconditional’ approach to taking down inflation in report to Congress
U.S. Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell takes questions after the Federal Reserve raised its target interest rate by three-quarters of a percentage point to stem a disruptive surge in inflat...
Here’s what the Fed’s highest rate hike in 28 years means for you
What the federal funds rate means to you The federal funds rate, which is set by the central bank, is the interest rate at which banks borrow and lend to one another overnight. Although that’s n...
‘Profit recession’ warning as markets wait for aggressive central bank moves
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, June 13, 2022. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Global stock markets diverged on Tuesday after a worldwide sell-off in the prev...
Fed Governor Christopher Waller says he’s prepared to take rates past ‘neutral’ to fight inflation
Christopher Waller, U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee for governor of the Federal Reserve, listens during a Senate Banking Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, Fe...
Fed minutes: May 2022 – Monetary policy may move into restrictive territory
Federal Reserve officials earlier this month stressed the need to raise interest rates quickly and possibly more than markets anticipate to tackle a burgeoning inflation problem, minutes from their me...
IMF chief Georgieva and Citigroup’s Jane Fraser discuss economy
[The stream is slated to start at 11:30 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Spiraling food and energy prices are squeezing households around the world, whi...
Powell says the Fed will not hesitate to keep raising rates until inflation comes down
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell emphasized his resolve to get inflation down, saying Tuesday he will back interest rate increases until prices start falling back toward a healthy level. “...
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell confirmed by Senate for a second term
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks at a news conference following a Federal Open Market Committee meeting on May 04, 2022 in Washington, DC. Powell announced the Federal Reserve is raising ...
Watch Governor Andrew Bailey speak after the Bank of England’s rate hike
[The stream is slated to start at 08:00 ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey is speaking at a press conference following t...
Fourth straight rate hike expected as inflation soars
LONDON, February 03: Governor of the Bank of England Andrew Bailey leaves after a press conference at Bank of England on February 3, 2022 in London, England. The Bank is expected to hike interest rate...
Russia races to avert historic default as bondholders wait for payments
Russia faces renewed threat of debt default on May 4, according to major ratings agencies, as the grace period comes to a close after it attempted to service its dollar bond payments in Russian rubles...
Russia aims to avert historic debt default with last-ditch dollar bond payments
Russia faces renewed threat of debt default on May 4, according to major ratings agencies, as the grace period comes to a close after it attempted to service its dollar bond payments in Russian rubles...
Central banks to put rates in pain zone to fight inflation
LONDON — Overcoming doggedly high inflation requires interest rates to be pushed into the “pain zone.” But whether any central bank has the nerve to do it is the question, according to inv...
Watch Fed Chairman Jerome Powell speak live at IMF debate
[The stream is slated to start at 1 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks Thursday on a panel presented by the ...
Fed’s Mester casts doubt on the need for ‘shock’ interest rate hikes ahead
Cleveland Federal Reserve President Loretta Mester said Friday she’s in favor of raising interest rates quickly to bring down inflation, but not so quickly as to disrupt the economic recovery. T...
Fed’s Daly says the economy can handle rate hikes, but a mild recession is possible
Mary Daly, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, poses after giving a speech on the U.S. economic outlook, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, November 12 2018. Ann Saphir | Reuters San Francisco...
Fed’s Bostic expresses caution about the pace of interest rate hikes
Atlanta Federal Reserve President Raphael Bostic on Tuesday expressed concern about the impact that rate hikes could have on the U.S. economic recovery, saying the central bank shouldn’t move so...
Fed’s Waller sees likelihood of multiple half-point interest rate hikes ahead
Getting inflation under control will require raising interest rates at a faster pace than normal even though the pace of price increases probably has peaked, Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Walle...
Russia-Ukraine war means there’ll be no return to normality for Europe
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron and Polish President Andrzej Duda attend a news conference ahead of a Weimar Triangle meeting to discuss the ongoing Ukraine crisis, in ...
UK announces urgent fuel tax cut to fight cost of living crisis
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak leaves 11 Downing Street to announce the Treasury’s one-year spending review in the House of Commons in London, England, on November 25, 2020. David Cliff...
Watch UK Finance Minister Rishi Sunak’s budget announcement
[The stream is slated to start at 08:30 ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] U.K. Finance Minister Rishi Sunak is announcing a new government budget in his Sprin...
Powell says ‘inflation is much too high’ and the Fed will take ‘necessary steps’ to address
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell addresses an online only news conference in a frame grab from U.S. Federal Reserve video broadcast from the Federal Reserve building in Washington, U.S., Ja...
Fed Governor Waller says half-point rate hikes could be needed as ‘inflation is raging’
Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller told CNBC on Friday that the central bank may need to enact one or more 50-basis-point interest rate hikes this year to tame inflation. Though he voted this...
St. Louis Fed’s Bullard says the central bank should raise rates above 3% this year
James Bullard David Orrell | CNBC St. Louis Fed President James Bullard said Friday he thinks the central bank should raise interest rates the equivalent of 12 times this year to convince the public i...
Federal Reserve meeting:
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday approved its first interest rate increase in more than three years, an incremental salvo to address spiraling inflation without torpedoing economic growth. After keepi...
Here’s everything the Fed is expected to do at its meeting this week
Jerome Powell, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, speaks during a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, March 2, 2022. Stefani Reynolds | AFP | Getty I...
Cleveland Fed President Mester says Ukraine war accelerates the need for interest rate hikes
War in Ukraine only heightens the need for higher interest rates to get inflation under control, Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester said Thursday. The attack from Russia has pushed commodity price...
Watch Federal Reserve Chair Powell speak live
[The stream is slated to start at 10 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks Thursday before the U.S. Senate Comm...