Interest Rates News & Analysis

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Some economists are now contemplating what was previously unthinkable — and they are focused on the personal-consumption expenditures price index

Two Fed governors offer their views on how fast and deep the central bank should cut interest rates.

Shares in Tesco, Sainsbury’s and M&S have fallen as higher salaries and increased national insurance contributions, together with inflation and higher-for-longer interest rates, set the tone for a challenging year ahead.

Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/10/jobs-report-december-2024.html Job growth was much stronger than expected in December, possibly providing the Federal Reserve less incentive to cut interest rates this year. Nonfarm payrolls surged by 256,000 for…

In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, St. Louis Federal Reserve President Alberto Musalem suggested that greater caution is warranted on reducing interest rates, per Reuters.

Wall Street remains volatile since the beginning of 2025.

Stocks were supported by by a resurgence in the city’s heavyweight bank stocks in a time of higher-for-longer global interest rates.

The Mexican Peso loses some ground against the US Dollar on Thursday after the Banco de Mexico (Banxico) hinted that interest rates could be reduced faster in some meetings.

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Rising unemployment prodded the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates last fall despite lingering inflation — and the jobless rate could still be the deciding factor for future rate cuts.

Bond yields have surged since the Fed began cutting interest rates.

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U.S. stock markets closed mixed on Wednesday after a choppy session.

The impact of lower interest rates in the fourth quarter sees a continuation of the challenging operating environment for Nordic banks, Jefferies said, which continues to see better value elsewhere in a European banking context.

The president-elect wants lower interest rates but Jerome Powell sees them staying high.

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Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Raphael Bostic said on Tuesday that Fed officials should be cautious with policy decisions given uneven progress on lowering inflation and err on the side of keeping interest rates elevated to achieve their pri…

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Consumer companies such as Party City hit by persistent inflation and weak spending

The Japanese Yen (JPY) continues with its relative underperformance on the back of doubts over the likely timing when the Bank of Japan (BoJ) will hike interest rates again.

Rising interest rates in the bond market seems to be weighing on stocks, as investors wait for an upcoming U.S. jobs report and for Wall Street banks to kick off corporate earnings season.

Large-cap growth funds led the pack, with a nearly 30% gain, as investors anticipated more cuts in interest rates.

Years of effort ironed out supply chain problems, eliminated shortages, but lower interest rates made the difference in the return to pre-pandemic sales levels.

With China facing a deflationary spiral and uncertain economic prospects, lower interest rates alone wouldn’t be enough to kick the economy back into high gear.

The People’s Bank of China’s (PBoC) Monetary Policy Committee said on Friday that they will cut the reserve ratio requirements (RRR) and interest rates at proper time, per Reuters.