Decision Day Guide: US Federal Reserve set to deliver third-straight interest rate cutThe Federal Reserve is poised to lower borrowing costs for the third consecutive meeting, but signals fewer cuts in 2024 due to a resilient...
18 Dec, 2024, 09.16 PM IST
Fed to go big on first rate cut, traders betTraders on Tuesday kept bets the Federal Reserve will start an expected series of interest rate cuts with a half-percentage-point move down...
17 Sep, 2024, 07.40 PM IST
Fed rate cuts to remain in view for 2024, even as rate-setters shiftThe annual rotation on the U.S. Federal Reserve's interest-rate-setting committee means its 2024 voting members lean slightly more hawkish ...
22 Dec, 2023, 12.14 PM IST
Fed meeting minutes could hint at end of rate hikesThe Fed raised its benchmark overnight interest rate to the 5.25%-5.50% range at the July 25-26 meeting, a step Fed Chair Jerome Powell sai...
16 Aug, 2023, 08.42 PM IST
Debate over rate moves at US central bank is shiftingInflation pressures are easing, which could give policymakers room to keep interest rates at or near current levels for the time being. Sti...
16 Aug, 2023, 06.07 AM IST
Fed Decision-Day Guide: Officials to downshift rate hikes, aim for higher peakThe Federal Open Market Committee is widely expected to raise rates by 50 basis points and bring its benchmark target rate to a range of 4....
14 Dec, 2022, 01.51 PM IST
Fed chair Powell is not done telling markets where rates will go"It's a very difficult environment to try to give forward guidance 60, 90 days in advance," Powell said at a press conference after May's m...
27 Jul, 2022, 08.08 AM IST
Fed's complex trifecta: War, pandemic and inflationThe Fed is almost certain to raise its benchmark overnight interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point at the end of its two-day polic...
14 Mar, 2022, 12.04 PM IST
Fed to start rate hikes with licence to turn aggressive laterThere’s certainly reason to be worried about inflation as Russia’s invasion compounds the pressures ignited by the pandemic. With a 25 basi...
13 Mar, 2022, 08.40 PM IST
Fed's messaging on pivot gets high marks from Wall Street"Powell has been out of the limelight in recent weeks and not providing the markets any guidance on this point," wrote SGH Macro Advisors' ...
18 Feb, 2022, 11.05 AM IST
Hot inflation drives case for 'big-bang' Fed rate hike in MarchEconomists at Deutsche Bank on Thursday said they now think the Fed will kick off its policy tightening with a 50 basis-point hike next mon...
11 Feb, 2022, 08.37 AM IST
US central bankers set sights on March rate hikeIn December, Fed policymakers took a step toward that eventuality, agreeing to end their bond purchases by March, and signaling they could ...
13 Jan, 2022, 12.27 PM IST
With bond-buying 'taper' in the bag, Fed turns a wary eye to inflationThe dilemma facing the U.S. central bank is whether inflation eases before policymakers feel compelled to step in with interest rate increa...
03 Nov, 2021, 11.37 AM IST
November? December? Fed's 'taper' timeline tied to volatile jobs dataFed officials, including Chair Jerome Powell, have said the US central bank's $120 billion in monthly bond purchases could be scaled back l...
18 Sep, 2021, 12.58 PM IST
Embedded as a risk, new COVID cycle could challenge Fed, recoveryU.S. Treasury yields have tumbled in a sign investors may be losing confidence in both the U.S. growth outlook and the Fed's ability to nav...
22 Jul, 2021, 03.58 PM IST
Fed expected to signal start of monetary policy shift debateUS job growth has been weaker than expected in the intervening weeks, but inflation has run hotter - a worst-of-both-worlds outcome that ha...
16 Jun, 2021, 07.35 PM IST
Fed likely to forecast biggest economic boom in a generationFed Chair Jerome Powell and his colleagues are betting the economy can take off from the COVID-19 pandemic without generating excessive inf...
17 Mar, 2021, 10.22 PM IST