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Fed’s Bullard Says He Expects Economic Expansion to Continue This Year
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said the economy…
Fed’s Waller Supports 0.75-Percentage-Point Rate Hike in July
Federal Reserve governor Christopher Waller said that if the economy performs in…
The Myth of the Central Bank ‘Soft Landing’
“Soft landings” are easier to find in the legendarium of central banks…
Fed Raises Rates by 0.75 Percentage Point, Largest Increase Since 1994
The Federal Reserve approved the largest interest rate increase since 1994 and…
Policy Rate Might Be Headed Toward 3% or Above
OTTAWA—The rapid acceleration in prices has increased the likelihood the Bank of…
Fed’s Lael Brainard Says Too Soon to Say If Inflation Has Peaked
By Nick Timiraos Updated June 2, 2022 11:15 am ET Listen to…
Digital Dollar Could Coexist With Stablecoins, Fed Vice Chairwoman Says
WASHINGTON—A U.S. central bank digital currency could one day provide consumers with…
Kansas City Fed Leader Esther George to Retire in January
The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City said Wednesday that its leader,…
Fed minutes: May 2022 – Monetary policy may move into restrictive territory
Federal Reserve officials earlier this month stressed the need to raise interest…
Fed Minutes Show Urgency for Raising Rates to Tame High Inflation
Federal Reserve officials thought they would need to raise interest rates by…
Lagarde Signals End to ECB’s Negative Interest Rates Experiment
FRANKFURT—The European Central Bank is likely to increase its key interest rate,…
Derby’s Take: Fed Governor Explains Why Volcker Strategy Isn’t Needed Now
As aggressive as the path for U.S. monetary policy tightening appears right…
Loretta Mester Says Fed Is On Track for Aggressive Rate Rises
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Loretta Mester said the U.S. central…
SoftBank Vision Fund posts record $27 billion loss as tech stocks dive
SoftBank Founder Masayoshi Son said there is “confusion in the world” and…
‘Big risk’ of unrest in ASEAN if food inflation surges, says economist
A supermarket in Indonesia on May 1, 2022. Relative to other countries,…
How the Bank of Japan’s policy could affect the weak yen
The Bank of Japan may be limited in its ability to deal…