US government shutdown gives Fed last thing it needs - even less visibilityThe government shutdown that began on Wednesday could delay the release of a large chunk of economic data, meaning the Fed's ability to acc...
03 Oct, 2025, 08.39 AM IST
Fed's Bowman in favour of rate cut if inflation is subduedTreasuries surged after Fed officials hinted at a potential interest-rate cut as early as July, reversing earlier losses driven by Middle E...
24 Jun, 2025, 05.46 AM IST
Fed hawks and doves: what US central bankers are sayingFederal Reserve policymakers are debating the pace and extent of future interest rate reductions. Doves prioritize labor market risks and f...
05 Dec, 2024, 07.57 AM IST
Fed hawks and doves: What US central bankers are sayingU.S. central bankers reduced the interest rate target by half a percentage point in September. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell stated t...
03 Oct, 2024, 08.03 AM IST
Dollar ticks up, US inflation data tops this week's billThe dollar edged higher on Monday as a holiday in most major Asian markets subdued the start of what could turn into a busy week, with all ...
12 Feb, 2024, 09.29 PM IST
Fed hawks, doves, and centrists: How US central bankers' views are changingThe following chart offers a look at how officials currently stack up on their outlooks for Fed policy and how to balance their goals of st...
02 Dec, 2023, 12.36 PM IST
Jerome Powell may face more opposition as Fed choices get tougherWith inflation as high as 9% in the past year, Powell's colleagues were all-in on the fight to curb price pressures, with another 25 basis-...
01 May, 2023, 08.38 AM IST
Fed's united front on interest rates may soon be testedThe Fed is expected to raise its benchmark overnight interest rate by three-quarters of a percentage point to a target range of 2.25% to 2....
26 Jul, 2022, 12.56 AM IST
Fed's pivot is the opposite of hawkishMuch has been written about how the US Federal Reserve has pivoted to a more "hawkish" stance, leaning toward fighting rather than tolerati...
27 Dec, 2021, 06.27 AM IST
US Federal Reserve set to begin stimulus taper amid sticky inflationControlling inflation is one of the Fed's top priorities, and its high level this year has tested the bank's policy of keeping its benchmar...
31 Oct, 2021, 07.10 AM IST
Gold inches lower on firm dollar, Fed hawkish stanceGold is seen as a hedge against inflation, though a rate hike by the Fed will increase the opportunity cost of holding bullion and dull its...
29 Jun, 2021, 07.43 AM IST
View: Dividing central bankers into hawks and doves misses the big pictureLast week, the Reserve Bank continued to hold rates steady, as it has since mid-2020. When Modi’s government replaced half of the six-membe...
09 Feb, 2021, 08.11 AM IST
Trading a dove for two hawks: A look at the Fed’s voters in 2020They replace Kansas City Fed president Esther George and Boston’s Eric Rosengren, hawks who both dissented against all three rate cuts this...
30 Dec, 2019, 08.46 AM IST
Fed decision-day guide: Heed the data, not what officials sayThe US Federal Reserve has consistently overestimated real economic growth.
21 Mar, 2018, 07.58 PM IST
Janet Yellen adds a kitchen sink to the Fed's toolkitYellen's speech provoked a largely anodyne reaction, allowing traders to head off for a late summer weekend in a fog of Fed-induced tranqui...
27 Aug, 2016, 09.36 AM IST
Five important triggers that changed your market while you were sleepingRBI's next chief Urjit Patel may be a much more inflation hawk than Rajan, and that could be a bad news for the investors betting on India’...
22 Aug, 2016, 08.10 AM IST
Western economies never recovered from 2008 shock: Peter Dixon, CommerzbankThere is a 50:50 chance of a Fed rate hike in June
14 Apr, 2016, 09.59 AM IST