Monetary policy
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Powell or Brainard? Biden expected to make Fed decision this week
President Joe Biden faces one of the most important economic policy decisions of his presidency, which is expected this week,…
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Market is ‘one more bad inflation report’ away from a correction, Wharton’s Jeremy Siegel warns
Long-term market bull Jeremy Siegel expects a serious pullback that it isn’t tied to the Covid-19 surge risks. His tipping…
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Turkish lira pounded again as central bank slashes interest rates
The Turkish lira was pounded for a second day on Thursday, after Turkey’s central bank sided with President Recep Tayyip…
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Treasury yields fall across the board, posting biggest one-day drop in more than a week
Treasury yields dropped across the board Wednesday, with the 2-, 10-, and 30-year maturities falling by the most in more…
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Turkish lira slumps furtherinst dollar as central bank meeting looms and Erdogan talks of ‘scourge of interest rates’
The Turkish lira sunk to new depths against the U.S. dollar on Wednesday after more rhetoric about monetary policy from…
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Fed’s Daly warns against ‘pre-emptive’ interest-rate hikes to cool inflation
The Federal Reserve should not be quick to raise short-term interest rates to cool inflation because there are costs to…
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Behind highest U.S. inflation rate in 31 years lurks fear that Federal Reserve has `lost control’ of consumer prices
After months of complacency in financial markets, the highest U.S. inflation rate in almost 31 years is now raising fears…
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The culprit for high inflation? Too much efficiency
AUSTIN, Texas — A supply chain is like a Rorschach test: each economic analyst sees in it a pattern reflecting…
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Is bitcoin an inflation hedge? As CPI surges to over 31-year high, crypto trades near record high
The world’s No. 1 crypto was carving out fresh all-time highs Wednesday as reports on inflation throughout the globe challenge…
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‘Risks of a market bubble are growing,’ warns Morgan Stanley
The Federal Reserve’s easy monetary policy and the spike in the pace of inflation have left investors with negative real…
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