Tag: interest rates

Warsh’s Senate Breakthrough: Fed’s Powell Era Ends Amid Rate Hold and Oil Shock
The Senate Banking Committee approved Kevin Warsh's nomination as the next Federal Reserve chair on a strict party-line vote of 13-11 Wednesday, propelling President Donald T...
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Bank of Canada Braces for Oil Surge: Why 2.25% Rates Stay Put Amid Iran War Shock
OTTAWA—The Bank of Canada stands ready to keep its benchmark interest rate at 2.25% when it announces its decision on Wednesday, brushing off a sharp oil price spike tied to the...
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Fed’s Rate Holdout: Warsh Looms as Powell Exits Amid Inflation Surge and Job Wobbles
The Federal Reserve sits at a crossroads. Inflation lingers above target. Oil prices spike from Middle East tensions. Unemployment edges up to 4.3%. Jerome Powell's term ends...
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Fed Nominee Warsh Rejects Sock Puppet Role, Pushes Radical Overhaul Amid Trump Rate Demands
Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump's pick to chair the Federal Reserve, drew a firm line Tuesday before the Senate Banking Committee. He wouldn't be anyone's sock puppet. Not o...
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Wells Fargo Chief’s Stark Warning: No Fed Rate Cuts Until Iran War Fades
Wells Fargo CEO Charlie Scharf didn't mince words Monday. Lowering interest rates now, before the Iran conflict shows any sign of resolution, would be the wrong thing to do. "Un...
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South Korea’s New Central Banker Faces Oil Shock: Cautious Path Ahead for Rates and Growth
Shin Hyun-song stepped into the governor's office at the Bank of Korea on April 21, 2026. Oil prices surged. The Middle East war raged on. His first words: monetary policy mu...
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The Inflation Expectations Trap: Why American Consumers Just Got a Lot More Worried About Prices
Something snapped in March.American consumers, already weary from years of elevated prices, suddenly ratcheted up their expectations for near-term inflation to levels...
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America’s $36 Trillion Debt Meets Its Most Dangerous Stress Test: War, Oil Shocks, and a Bond Market on Edge
The United States government owes more money than at any point in its history. That alone isn't news. What's new — and what has bond traders, Pentagon strategists, and fiscal...
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The Inflation Ghost That Won’t Die: Why Consumer Prices Keep Defying the Fed’s Victory Lap
The Federal Reserve wanted a clean narrative. Inflation was cooling. Rate cuts were coming. The economy was threading the needle between price stability and growth. But the l...
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The Fed’s Waiting Game: Why Alberto Musalem Thinks Patience Is the Only Rational Play Right Now
Alberto Musalem isn't blinking. The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis made that much clear in remarks delivered Thursday, laying out a case for holding inter...
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Jerome Powell’s Blunt Warning: The Era of Predictable Fed Policy May Be Over
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell stood before cameras last week and said something that Wall Street has been reluctant to hear. The old playbook — the one where inflation...
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Jerome Powell’s Quiet Warning: Democratic Institutions Are ‘Hard to Build and Easy to Bring Down’
Jerome Powell doesn't usually traffic in political philosophy. He's a central banker — measured, deliberate, allergic to controversy. So when the Federal Reserve Chair stood...
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Powell’s Waiting Game: The Fed Holds Steady as Geopolitical Tremors and Trade Wars Collide
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell isn't blinking. Not yet.With a U.S.-Iran nuclear deal suddenly materializing, tariff uncertainty still rippling through global supp...
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Housing Market’s Spring Thaw Hits a Wall as Mortgage Rates Surge, Sidelining Buyers
The U.S. housing market’s anticipated spring revival has been abruptly checked by a familiar adversary: rising mortgage rates. A sharp downturn in mortgage demand, the most s...
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Fed Says Rate Cuts Are Coming
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has signaled that interest rate cuts are on the horizon, saying "the time has come."...
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