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 ...

The U.S. economy is at an inflection point as the Federal Reserve cut interest rates for the first time this month amid indications that the labor market is weakening despite inflation remaining above the Fed's 2% target. Uncertainty is higher amid the Trump administration's changes to trade policy and tariffs along with shifts in immigration policy, which have produced an uncertain outlook for economic growth, inflation and unemployment from prominent institutions.The Federal Reserve's rate cut announcemen ...

German inflation quickened more than anticipated, part of a region-wide acceleration that will reinforce the European Central Bank’s resolve to keep interest rates on hold. https://t.co/3RVpWDzKAC ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — If it seems like its getting more expensive to replace a broken door, kitchen fixtures or upgrade a major appliance, you’re not wrong. The cost of home repair and remodeling projects is up compared to a year ago and running ahead of inflation overall, according to a report from data analytics company Verisk. The firm's latest Repair and Remodeling Index jumped 3.4% in the April-June quarter compared to the same period last year. That's a bigger annual increase than the 2.7% rise in inf ...

When you’re young, the savings strategy is pretty simple. Create a small emergency fund and put most of your money into equities. Stocks, real estate, crypto, and other investments can grow at a faster rate than the cash in your savings account. Learn More: ‘You’ll Run Out of Money in 20 Years’ — Why Retirees Are Rethinking Their Savings Strategy Consider This: 5 Cities You Need To Consider If You're Retiring in 2025 However, savings strategies change as people get older and their financial situations cha ...

Read more: Here are 5 simple ways to grow rich with real estate — whether you have $10 or $100,000 to investThe dollar’s shrinking buying power is familiar to Americans. According to the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis [3], $100 in 2025 buys what just $12.05 could in 1970.“There won't be a default — the central bank will come in and we'll print the money and buy it,” he said. “And that's where there's the depreciation of money.”With the U.S. national debt at $37.45 trillion, that scenario is no longer f ...

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Wall Street logged a downbeat performance last week.The S&P 500 declined 0.3%, and the Dow edged lower by 0.2%, and the Nasdaq slipped 0.7%, marking the first weekly loss in four weeks for the Nasdaq and the S&P 500, as quoted on CNBC.Inflation Data in FocusAugust’s personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index, the Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of inflation, came in largely as expected. Core PCE, barring food and energy, rose at an annual rate of 2.9%, while the all-items index recorded a 2.7% ...

Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack told CNBC’s Squawk Box Europe on Monday that the U.S. central bank must keep a restrictive monetary policy stance to bring inflation down to its 2% target. “My forecast is that we’re going to remain above target for probably the next one to two years, and not really getting back down to our objective of 2% until the end of 2027 or early 2028,” Hammack said. At the same time, St. Louis Fed President Alberto Musalem said he is open to additional interest rate cuts, but emp ...