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SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australian home prices increased at the fastest pace in a year in September, driven by rate cuts and record-low listings, property consultant Cotality said on Wednesday. National home prices increased 0.8% to a record median value of A$857,280 ($565,462) in September, marking the strongest monthly gain since October last year, according to figures from Cotality, formerly CoreLogic. For the quarter, prices were up 2.2%, compared with a 1.5% lift in the second quarter. The monthly gain w ...

Um, it's a busy day of Fed speak. We're getting Collins on the tape just now. Let's get to Steve Leeman.Morning, Steve. >> Morning, K. Boston Fed President Susan Collins saying it may be appropriate to ease policy a bit further this year if it's supported by the data.Hold on to those two thoughts. I'll come back to them. She says she can sees she sees continued modestly restricted policy stance as being appropriate.So maybe not going as far as the market is priced in. The Fed needs to restore price stabilit ...

Um, it's a busy day of Fed speak. We're getting Collins on the tape just now. Let's get to Steve Leeman.Morning, Steve. >> Morning, K. Boston Fed President Susan Collins saying it may be appropriate to ease policy a bit further this year if it's supported by the data.Hold on to those two thoughts. I'll come back to them. She says she can sees she sees continued modestly restricted policy stance as being appropriate.So maybe not going as far as the market is priced in. The Fed needs to restore price stabilit ...

LIVE Stock Market News: Dow Slips at the Open Last Updated: Treasury Yields, Dollar Diverge in 3Q By Paulo Trevisani, Dow Jones Newswires Treasury yields are on path for a third consecutive quarterly decline as markets face a potential U.S. government shutdown. The dollar, in turn, is likely to end the 3Q higher, despite recent weakness. Declining oil prices triggered by yesterday's reports of OPEC+ increasing production ease inflation concerns, which may be weighing down yields and the dollar. Investors ar ...

Boston Fed’s Susan Collins says 2025 rate cuts may be needed but warns on persistent inflation https://t.co/snh6C17BAz ...

Susan Collins, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, speaks during the National Association of Business Economics (NABE) economic policy conference in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, March 30, 2023.Boston Federal Reserve President Susan Collins on Tuesday expressed support for the recent interest rate cut, but showed some skepticism on the extent of future moves as she sees continued threats from inflation.Speaking in New York, the central bank policymaker noted risks to both higher inflation an ...

By Michael S. Derby NEW YORK (Reuters) -Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Susan Collins said on Tuesday that she’s open to more interest rate cuts amid expectations price pressures will start to wane sometime next year. “It may be appropriate to ease the policy rate a bit further this year – but the data will have to show that,” Collins said in remarks delivered to the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. The official noted that she supported the Fed’s decision to cut its interest rate by ...

HELSINKI (Reuters) -The euro zone economy is handling U.S. tariffs better than earlier expected, leaving inflation risks "quite contained," European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Tuesday. The ECB has kept interest rates steady since June and signalled that it was in no hurry to adjust policy further as the economy was holding up and inflation was now firmly around its 2% target. Financial investors have largely priced out any further rate cut and most policymakers argue that December ...

December British pound (B6Z25) futures present a selling opportunity on more price weakness. See on the daily bar chart for the December British pound futures that a price uptrend has been negated and a price downtrend is now in place as prices last Friday hit a six-week low. More News from Barchart Fundamentally, the Bank of England Deputy Governor Dave Ramsden has argued in favor of reducing interest rates amid growing U.K. labor market concerns. Ramsden also believes inflationary pressures will retur ...