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Inflation isn't going away any time soon and the Fed may have to clamp down on it even harder. Here's what Wall Street experts including Bill Gross think
Some market watchers believe there's a case for the Fed to act even tougher on rates to cool down s…
Hamza Fareed Malik
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Economist Stephen Roach says the US is headed for stagflation, and warns markets aren't accounting for massive Fed tightening
Roach said the Federal Reserve would have to hike interest rates even more aggressively to get infl…
Hamza Fareed Malik
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Mortgages, car loans, and credit card debt are about to get more expensive
The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by another 0.75 percentage points on Wednesday. That's se…
Ben Winck
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Sensex deepens on fear that US Fed may hike interest rates soon
Indian markets witnessed a sharp sell-off today (January 18) mirroring the fall in Asian markets on…
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Fed Chair Powell says a double-sized rate hike is 'on the table' in May, making mortgages, car loans, and credit-card interest even more pricey
The Fed usually raises rates by 0.25 percentage points at each meeting. With inflation at 41-year h…
Ben Winck
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The Fed won't use negative interest rates to counteract the coronavirus recession, chairman Jerome Powell says
The refusal to push rates lower comes one day after President Trump renewed his call for such polic…
Ben Winck
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JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon says he disagrees with the Fed on inflation being transitory - and once unemployment hits 4.5%, the central bank will start tapering
The Federal Reserve will begin tapering once unemployment falls to 4.5%, wages rise and there are e…
Sophie Kiderlin
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Economist Mohamed El-Erian says the Fed needs to be “brutally honest” and keep the door open for larger rate hikes.
Wednesday's consumer price index report did not show a much hoped-for cooling of inflation in April…
Hamza Fareed Malik
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Investors have ditched expectations for a half-point rate raise in March, though Powell suggests a hike of that size is still on the table this year
The CME FedWatch tool showed a 0.0% probability of a 50-basis-point rate hike at the FOMC's March 1…
Carla Mozée
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Billionaire investor Marc Lasry says the Fed will raise rates more slowly because of the Ukraine conflict
The Fed is expected to raise interest rates for the first time since 2018 on Wednesday, but analyst…
Harry Robertson
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Here's how the Fed raises interest rates
From Washington, the Fed adjusts interest rates to spur all sorts of other changes in the economy. …
Akin Oyedele
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Goldman Sachs now expects the Fed to hike 50 basis points in both May and June after Powell's tough talk
The bank changed its forecast after Fed Chair Jerome Powell talked up the chances of a bigger move …
Harry Robertson
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Fed Vice-Chair Clarida says central bank won't raise interest rates from near-zero until it sees 2% inflation for months
Richard Clarida also said the Fed won't raise rates until labor market indicators are "consistent w…
Emily Graffeo
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A 2nd wave of coronavirus cases could force the Fed to reconsider negative interest rates, Goldman Sachs says
Negative rates could do more harm than good, a Goldman strategist said, and fresh aid from Congress…
Ben Winck
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JPMorgan now expects the Federal Reserve to hike interest rates for 9 straight meetings, posing a major risk to markets
Central banks rapidly hiking rates "is now the most significant threat to an otherwise healthy glob…
Harry Robertson
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Nomura now thinks the Fed will hike rates by 75 basis points in June and July, in one of the fastest tightening cycles ever
The bank's economists pointed to comments from Fed official James Bullard, who said he wouldn't rul…
Harry Robertson
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The Federal Reserve lifts interest rates in first double-sized hike since 2000 — paving the way for much pricier mortgages, car loans, and other borrowing
The central bank raised its benchmark interest rate by a half percentage point on Wednesday, signal…