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Fed Officials Saw Longer Wait for Rate Cuts After Inflation Setbacks
The Wall Street Journal· 2 days agoOne is that they ease too soon, boosting spending, investment and asset prices in a way that keeps ...
Oil flat as firming US gasoline demand offsets rate jitters By Reuters
Investing.com· 9 hours agoU.S. West Texas Intermediate crude (WTI) futures were down 2 cents at $76.85. Ongoing macroeconomic...
Jamie Dimon says there’s a chance the Fed could actually hike rates further—and no, the global...
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 23 hours agoDimon is concerned that the Fed may raise rates even higher than their current two-decade peak...
Inflation, the Economy, and Political Ignorance
Reason.com· 12 hours agoInflation and high prices have emerged as major issues in the 2024 presidential election. Public anger over these issues—and the general state of the...
Mortgage rates tick down again after modest gains on inflation
Bankrate via AOL· 2 days agoMortgage rates are also chained to inflation, a metric the Fed has been moving to control. While...
BlackRock’s bond guru Rick Rieder says the Fed’s favorite inflation firefighting strategy is...
Fortune· 16 hours agoReserve raises interest rates to fight it, effectively increasing borrowing costs for businesses and consumers nationwide. This orthodox monetary policy usually works quite well. Debatably, ...
Oil falls for fourth straight session on US inflation jitters
Reuters· 13 hours agoBrent crude futures settled lower by 54 cents, or 0.7%, at $81.36 a barrel, the lowest since...
Why the inflation numbers and Dow 40,000 aren’t worth celebrating
Market Watch· 8 hours agoA recent Federal Reserve study found that nearly two thirds of Americans say inflation has damaged...
Should I buy a house now, or wait?
Bankrate via AOL· 13 hours agoFAQs Is it a good time to buy a house, or should I wait?We’re in a volatile time for real estate. Mortgage rates reached 20-year highs last year, and...
Fed rate expectations whipsawed by Fed speakers and the US CPI
The Forex Market· 3 days agoIt has been a rollercoaster period for Fed rate cut expectations. Sticky US inflation is keeping the...