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
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
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
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
View: Fed may cut rates before next meetingLike it or not, the Fed can’t let Wall Street slide indefinitely on the hope that Main Street can walk away unscathed.
02 Mar, 2020, 09.01 PM IST
US Fed policy is becoming less predictable. Then why is it bad?Federal Reserve staff will likely push harder for policymakers to follow a model-based approach.
07 Sep, 2018, 08.21 PM IST
Yellen's odds of being reappointed get slimmerPolicy implications will depend on how aggressively any Trump appointees adopt an anti-regulatory agenda.
29 Aug, 2017, 09.21 AM IST
Fed knows better than to be fooled by 'soft' dataThe employment numbers are likely more important than the GDP tracking estimates at this juncture.
06 Apr, 2017, 10.37 AM IST
Cut in gold import duty unlikely before Budget: Finance ministry officialRBI Guv Rajan recently said that there were some requests to change the duty structure (on gold) and that govt will view and take a decisio...
04 Dec, 2014, 12.57 PM IST
Situation in South China Sea deteriorates following Chinese aggressionThis development further intensified tensions in the volatile region. Vietnam has said that a Chinese vessel intentionally rammed two of it...
12 May, 2014, 05.03 AM IST
Federal Reserve may not redraw markers for rate increaseThe Fed, struggling to boost the US recovery from the Great Recession, remains intent on assuring investors that easy monetary policy.
02 Dec, 2013, 04.00 AM IST