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Brazil economists lifted their inflation and benchmark interest rate forecasts for the end of this year just days after central bankers began their monetary easing cycle with a modest cut https://t.co/MqDedfN91t ...

USFR a Fine Idea for This Environment USFR's lack of duration may appeal at a time when both geopolitical and macroeconomic headwinds weigh on risk assets. Before the conflict-related surge in oil prices, the Consumer Price Index was trending in the right direction. However, as Flanagan pointed out, the Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE)— the Fed's preferred metric — resides at 3.1%, well above the central bank's desired target of 2%. Fed Disappointment May Make This Bond ETF Appealing This year has br ...

Chile’s central bank is set to hold off on an anticipated interest rate cut on Tuesday as the government balks at the cost of subsidizing fuel https://t.co/V8gnP0o4HW ...

The U.S. Federal Reserve has cut the federal funds rate (overnight interest rate) six times since September 2024, as policymakers believed they had finally tamed the inflation surge from 2022. However, the Fed's preferred measure of inflation, the core personal consumption expenditures price index (PCE), is now ticking higher once again, while the job market is showing signs of weakness at the same time. This has put the Fed in a bind. According to its latest quarterly Summary of Economic Projections (SE ...

Some of the biggest US banks raised their projections for China’s inflation this year and pushed back predictions for its next interest-rate cut, as the escalating conflict in Iran sends oil prices higher https://t.co/CxBllTUzP2 ...

From 2h ago14.29 GMTMarkets slide on report US to send more troops to Middle EastShares in London are suffering an end-of-week sell-off, following a report that the US is to send more troops to the Middle East.The blue-chip FTSE 100 share index is now down 90 points, or 0.9%, at 9970 points, back below the 10,000-point mark. That’s its lowest level since 5 January, as the Iran war wipes out almost all of its gains during 2026.Energy company BP (-3.6%) is among the top fallers, along with copper producer Ant ...

Traders boosted wagers on ECB interest-rate hikes, fully pricing three quarter-point increases this year https://t.co/CtsAkyM45K ...

There are a whole lot of cross-currents happening right now in the economy that have important ramifications for monetary policy. The problem is, is that nobody knows quite what those ramifications are. The implications of events in the Middle East for the U.S. Economy are uncertain in the near term.Higher energy prices will push up overall inflation, but it is too soon to know the scope and duration of the potential effects on the economy. The Fed decided, as widely expected, to keep their benchmark intere ...

Treasuries sank and traders no longer priced in any chance of an interest-rate cut the US this year after the Bank of England said it would be ready to act against inflation. https://t.co/p800w728jq ...